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battle of Cassano

(1799)
Battle of Cassano d'Adda
Part of French Revolutionary Wars
Date April 27 1799
Location Cassano d'Adda, Lombardy, Italy
Result Coalition victory
Combatants
Flag_of_France.svg France Flag_of_the_Habsburg_Monarchy.svg Austria,
Flag_of_Russia_(bordered).svg Russia
Commanders
General Moreau Alexander Suvorov
War of the Second

Coalition
1st Stockach – Cassano – Montebello – Trebbia – Novi – Bergen – Castricum – Genoa – 2nd Stockach – Marengo – Höchstädt – Hohenlinden – Copenhagen – Algeciras
Swiss Campaign
French Revolutionary Wars

Italian Campaigns
1st Dego – Millesimo – Montenotte – 2nd Dego – Mondovì – Lodi – Castiglione – Bassano – Rovereto – Arcole – Rivoli – Cassano – Trebbia – Novi – Genoa – Montebello – Marengo – Pozzolo

The battle of Cassano d'Adda was a battle in the French Revolutionary Wars that was fought on April 27, 1799 near Cassano d'Adda. It resulted in a victory for the Austrians and Russians (Second Coalition forces) under Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov over the French troops, left by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.

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