Battle of Borghetto

Battle of Borghetto
Part of French Revolutionary Wars
Battle of Borghetto by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, between 1802 and 1814
Date 30 May 1796 Location Near Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy 45°21′00″N 10°44′00″E / 45.3500°N 10.7333°E / 45.3500; 10.7333 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte Charles-Pierre Augereau André Masséna Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier Charles Edward Jennings	Johann Beaulieu Michael von Melas
Strength
28,000[1]	19,000[2]
Casualties and losses
500[3]	572, 4 guns[4]

War of the First Coalition:
Italian Campaign

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The Battle of Borghetto, near Valeggio sul Mincio in the Veneto of northern Italy, took place during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. On 30 May 1796, a French army led by General Napoleon Bonaparte forced a crossing of the Mincio River in the face of opposition from an Austrian army commanded by Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu. This action compelled the Austrian army to retreat north up the Adige valley to Trento, leaving the fortress of Mantua to be besieged by the French.