| Capture of Bergamo | |||||||
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| Part of the Italian and Swiss expedition of 1799 | |||||||
 Campaign around Brescia 1799, map in Sytyn military encyclopedia Bergamo is on the top left | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian Empire |
 French First Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Pyotr Bagration[a] Pyotr Grekov Adrian Denisov |
Barthélemy Schérer | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Bagration's Advance Guard
| Bergamo Garrison | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
Up to 130 men captured; 1 standard captured; 19 cannons captured[1][2][3][4] | ||||||
The capture of Bergamo[b] took place 24 April 1799 during Suvorov's Italian campaign as part of War of the Second Coalition, when 2 Don Cossack regiments of Prince Bagration's vanguard under the command of Colonel Grekov and Ataman Denisov quickly and unexpectedly attacked the town of Bergamo occupied by the French garrison and seized Citadel of Bergamo.[5][6] The attack proved successful for the Russians. The French army was led by Barthélemy Schérer.[1][2]
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- ^ a b Milyutin 1852, p. 282.
- ^ a b Petrushevsky 1884, p. 50.
- ^ Duffy 1999, p. 60.
- ^ Orlov 1892, p. 70.
- ^ Great Russian Encyclopedia (old ed.) Итальянский поход 1799 (In russian)
- ^ Schwartz et al. 1912, p. 467.
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