Battle of Montebello (1800)
| Battle of Montebello | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Second Coalition | |||||||
First attack of the French at the Battle of Montebello in view of the town of Casteggio by Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, 1806-1807 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | Austria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Jean Lannes | Peter Karl Ott | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000 rising to 14,000 | 18,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3,000 | 4,275 and 2 cannons | ||||||
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The Battle of Montebello (9 June 1800) was fought near Montebello in Lombardy between a French force under General of Division (GD) Jean Lannes and an Austrian force led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant (FML) Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz. The action occurred in the Marengo campaign during the War of the Second Coalition. During the lead-up to the Battle of Marengo, the vanguard of the French army in Italy engaged and defeated an Austrian force in a "glorious victory".