Battle of Mestre

Sortie on Mestre
Part of the First Italian War of Independence
The Venetian sortie on Mestre, 1848
Date 27 October 1848[1] Location Mestre, Venetia Result Venetian victory[2][3][4]
Belligerents
Rep. of San Marco	Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Guglielmo Pepe Girolamo Ulloa [2][3][4][5]	Generalmajor Mitis [6][7][8]
Strength
2,000-2,500 [2][5][9] mostly volunteers	2,000-3,000 [2][10][11] austrian garrison
Casualties and losses
87 killed[12][13] 163 wounded[12][13]	97 killed[6] 200 killed & wounded[3] 303 captured[6] 3 cannons lost[6][7]

The sortie on Mestre occurred during the revolutionary year of 1848 on October 27.
Italian volunteers charged the Austrian fortification, took the town and withdrew, with the loot of three baggage-waggons, eight horses, large quantity of ammunition and the military chest,^[14] back to the fort at Marghera.^[4]