Battle of Custoza (1866)

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Battle of Custoza
Part of the Third Italian War of Independence
The charge of the 13th Regiment of Austrian Uhlans.
Date 24 June 1866 Location Custoza, Venetia Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Alfonso La Marmora	Archduke Albrecht Franz Freiherr von John
Strength
120,000 available [1][2] 50,000 used	75,000 mobilized 46+ guns
Casualties and losses
720 killed 3,112 wounded 4,315 captured 6 guns captured Total: 8,147 casualties	960 killed 3,690 wounded 1,000 captured Total: 5,650 casualties

The Battle of Custoza took place on the 24 June 1866 during the Third Italian War of Independence in the Italian unification process.

The Austrian Imperial army, joined by the Venetian Army, jointly commanded by Archduke Albrecht of Habsburg, defeated the Italian army, led by Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora and Enrico Cialdini.