Battle of Lodi

Battle of Lodi
Part of the Italian campaigns in the War of the First Coalition
General Bonaparte gives his orders, in The Battle of Lodi, by Louis-François, Baron Lejeune
Date 10 May 1796 Location Lodi, present-day Italy 45°19′00″N 9°30′00″E / 45.3167°N 9.5000°E / 45.3167; 9.5000 Result French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Habsburg monarchy
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte Louis-Alexandre Berthier Marc Antoine de Beaumont Jean Lannes André Masséna	Johann Beaulieu Karl Sebottendorf Josef Philipp Vukassovich
Strength
15,500 infantry 2,000 cavalry 30 guns	9,500 14 guns[1]
Casualties and losses
350[2]	335 killed or wounded 1,700 captured 16 guns[3]
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War of the First Coalition:
Italian Campaign

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The Battle of Lodi was fought on 10 May 1796 between French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian rear guard led by Karl Philipp Sebottendorf at Lodi, Lombardy. The rear guard was defeated, but the main body of Johann Peter Beaulieu's Austrian Army had time to retreat.