Battle of Garigliano (1503)

Battle of Garigliano
Part of the Third Italian War

Chevalier de Bayard at the bridge of Garigliano
Date29 December 1503
Location
Garigliano River, near Gaeta (present-day Italy)
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of France
Marquisate of Saluzzo
Commanders and leaders
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Bartolomeo d'Alviano
Prospero Colonna
Pedro Navarro
Diego García de Paredes
Ludovico II of Saluzzo
Yves d'Alègre
Piero de Medici 
Francesco II Gonzaga
Pierre Terrail de Bayard
Strength
15,000[1] 23,000[1]
Casualties and losses
900[1] 4,000[1]

The Battle of Garigliano was fought on 29 December 1503 between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquis of Saluzzo.

  1. ^ a b c d Tucker 2010, p. 478.

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