Combat of Gavi (1799)
| Combat of Gavi | |||||||
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| Part of the Italian campaigns during the war of the Second Coalition | |||||||
Gavi – panorama | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian Empire | French Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Andrei Rosenberg Maxim Rehbinder | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5 killed, 17 wounded | Heavy, incl. 130 captured | ||||||
The combat of Gavi was fought to no avail on the morning of 17 August (O.S. 6 Aug.) 1799 during the Second Coalition war, in pursuit of the defeated French army after the battle of Novi. The combat included Rosenberg's Russian vanguard, under Rehbinder's command.