Combat of Gavi (1799)

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Combat of Gavi

Part of the Italian campaigns during the war of the Second Coalition

Gavi – panorama

Date	17 August 1799
Location	Gavi, Piedmont, Northern Italy
Result	Russian victory^[a]

Belligerents

Russian Empire

French Republic

Commanders and leaders

Andrei Rosenberg

Maxim Rehbinder

Casualties and losses

5 killed, 17 wounded^[1]

Heavy, incl. 130 captured^[1]

Italian Campaigns
of the French Revolutionary Wars

Italian campaign of 1796–1797

Montenotte campaign
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

Italian campaign of 1799–1801

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

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.^[1]^[2]

Action development

Before reaching Gavi, Kashkin's Russian jaegers overtook the French rearguard in a strong position between two mountains. Following the jaegers, Rehbinder advanced his regiment and Foertsch's battalion. After a brief skirmish, the Russians struck at bayonets and drove the French from their position and chased them without giving them a rest. Several hundred Republicans lay down on the spot; up to 130 were captured by the Russians. On the Russian side the loss did not exceed 5 killed and 17 wounded.^[1]^[2]

But here the Russian vanguard received orders to halt, and to send some light troops after the French. The French rearguard held out at Gavi.^[1]^[2]

Notes

^ Tactical success

Sources

Milyutin, Dmitry (1852). История войны России с Францией в царствование Императора Павла I в 1799 году [The history of Russia's war with France during the reign of Emperor Paul I in 1799] (in Russian). Vol. III. St. Petersburg: Типография штаба военно-учебных заведений. p. 75. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
Orlov, Nikolay Aleksandrovich (1892). Разбор военных действий Суворова в Италии в 1799 году [Analysis of Suvorov's military actions in Italy in 1799] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Тип. Тренке и Фюсно. p. 308. ISBN 9785998994289.

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