1809 Gottscheer rebellion

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1809 Gottscheer rebellion
Part of War of the Fifth Coalition
Carlo Zucchi, Italian general
Date September 10; October 7–18, 1809 Location Gottschee County, modern day Slovenia 45°38′23″N 14°51′41″E / 45.63972°N 14.86139°E / 45.63972; 14.86139 Result Execution of rebel leaders Plundering of the City of Gottschee and burning of several peasant villages Scattered guerrilla attacks by Gottscheer farmers begin French occupation of Carniola is enforced
Belligerents
Gottschee Germans	First French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mathias Dulzer  Johann Erker  Georg Eisenzopf  Bartholomäus Kusold  Johann Jonke	District Commissioner Gasparini † General Carlo Zucchi Captain Luigi Tarducci
Strength
c. 2,000 Gottscheers c. 500 Slovenes Total: c. 2,500	- 2nd Italian Light Infantry Regiment - 8th Italian Infantry Regiment - Unknown Artillery Unit - Unknown Cavalry Regiment - Garrison troops Total: 1,300-1,500
Casualties and losses
Unknown, but more than the French	Unknown, but minimal

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The 1809 Gottscheer rebellion (German: Gottscheer Bauernaufstand)^[1] was a revolt by the Gottschee Germans against the First French Empire during the French occupation of Gottschee following the War of the Fifth Coalition.