Battle of Caldiero (1805)

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Battle of Caldiero
Part of the War of the Third Coalition
Archduke Charles and staff at the Battle of Caldiero
Date 30 October 1805 Location Caldiero, present-day Italy Result French victory[1]
Belligerents
French Empire	Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
André Masséna	Archduke Charles MG Karl Hillinger
Strength
33,000–49,000[1] 23,600–33,000 engaged[1]	49,200[1]
Casualties and losses
3,729 total:[2] 3,204 killed or wounded[2] 525 captured[2]	9,221 total:[2] 503 killed[2] 2,209 wounded[2] 1,509 captured[2] a further 5,000 captured at Cara Albertini – Hillinger's force[3]

The Battle of Caldiero took place on 30 October 1805, pitting the French Armée d'Italie under Marshal André Masséna against an Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. The French engaged only some of their forces, around 33,000 men, but Archduke Charles engaged the bulk of his army, 49,000 men, leaving out Paul Davidovich's corps to defend the lower Adige and Franz Seraph of Orsini-Rosenberg's corps to cover the Austrian right against any flanking maneuvers. The fighting took place at Caldiero, 15 kilometres east of Verona,^[1] during the War of the Third Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars.