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Battle of Valvasone

Part of the Italian campaigns in the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Valvasone

Date	16 March 1797
Location	Valvasone, Italy 46°00′00″N 12°52′00″E / 46.0000°N 12.8667°E / 46.0000; 12.8667
Result	French victory

Belligerents

France

Habsburg Austria

Commanders and leaders

Napoleon Bonaparte

Jean Baptiste Bernadotte

Charles Dugua

Jean Joseph Guieu

Louis François Jean Chabot

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

Archduke Charles

Adam Bajalics von Bajahaza

Units involved

Army of Italy

Austrian Army

Strength

Valvasone: 40,000
Gradisca d'Isonzo: 18,000

Valvasone: 5,000
Gradisca d'Isonzo: 2,500, 10 guns

Casualties and losses

Valvasone: 500
Gradisca d'Isonzo: 0

Valvasone: 700, 6 guns
Gradisca d'Isonzo: 2,500, 10 guns

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Location within Europe

War of the First Coalition (List)

Italian Campaigns
of the French Revolutionary Wars

1st Saorgio
Méribel
Epierre
2nd Saorgio
1st Dego
Monte Settepani
Loano
Montenotte Campaign
2nd Dego
Ceva
Fombio
Lodi
Borghetto
Lonato
Castiglione
Peschiera
Rovereto
1st Bassano
2nd Bassano
Calliano
Caldiero
Arcole
Rivoli
1st Mantua
Faenza
Valvasone
Tyrol
Tarvis
Fall of the Republic of Venice
- Veronese Easter
Verona
Magnano
Brescia
Bergamo
Cassano
Bassignana
1st Marengo
Modena
Trebbia
2nd Marengo
2nd Mantua
Novi
Gavi
2nd Novi
Genola
3rd Novi
Marengo campaign
Genoa
Fort Bard
Chiusella
Montebello
Marengo
Pozzolo
Porto Ferrajo

War of the First Coalition:
Italian Campaign

100km
62miles

Lodi

current battle

Napoleon as subordinate

Napoleon in command

The Battle of Valvasone (16 March 1797), also known as the Battle of Tagliamento, saw a First French Republic army led by Napoleon Bonaparte attack a Habsburg Austrian army led by Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. The Austrian army fought a rear guard action against the French vanguard led by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte at the crossing of the Tagliamento River but was defeated and withdrew to the northeast. The French troops crossed the river at Valvasone and the battle developed on the opposite bank, mainly between the little villages of Gradisca (now in the municipality of Sedegliano) and Goricizza (now in the municipality of Codroipo). The next days, a French division cut off and captured an Austrian column at Gradisca d'Isonzo (Capitulation of Gradisca). The actions occurred during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Valvasone is located on the west bank of the Tagliamento 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Udine, Italy. Gradisca d'Isonzo lies on the Isonzo River 14 kilometres (9 mi) southwest of Gorizia, Italy.

Bonaparte saw the Siege of Mantua to a successful conclusion when Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser surrendered on 2 February 1797. The French commander cleared his south flank by Claude Perrin Victor's victory over the Papal States at the Battle of Faenza the following day. Meanwhile, Emperor Francis II of Austria recalled Archduke Charles from Germany to hold northeast Italy. In March Bonaparte launched an offensive designed to break through the Austrian army's defenses. At Valvasone, the French encountered part of their opponents' army and drove it back. For the loss of 500 men, the French inflicted 700 casualties on the Austrians and captured six guns.

The following day, Bernadotte's French division isolated an enemy column and forced its surrender at Gradisca d'Isonzo. A total of 2,500 Austrian soldiers, 10 artillery pieces, and eight colors were captured. When several retreating Austrian columns made for the Tarvis Pass to the northeast, the French raced to cut them off. The Battle of Tarvis occurred over three days beginning on 21 March as the Austrians struggled to escape. Bonaparte's forward thrust carried his army within 75 miles (121 km) of Vienna, where the Preliminaries of Leoben were concluded in mid-April 1797.

References

Chandler, David G. (1966). The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York, NY: Macmillan.
Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

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