Siege of Genoa (1800)

Siege of Genoa
	Part of the War of the Second Coalition
	; Bombardment of the city of Genoa by the English on the night of 20 May 1800; by Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, 1806-1807
Date	19 April – 4 June 1800
Location	Genoa, Ligurian Republic44°24′40″N 8°55′48″E / 44.41111°N 8.93000°E
Result	See Aftermath section
Belligerents
French Republic; Ligurian Republic	Habsburg Monarchy; Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
André Masséna; Jean-de-Dieu Soult	Michael von Melas; Peter Karl Ott; Lord Keith;
Strength
12,000 fit, 16,000 sick	24,000; 1 British naval squadron
Casualties and losses
Siege: 4,000 dead; Campaign: 14,000	Siege: 6,000; Campaign: 20,000
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The Siege of Genoa (19 April – 4 June 1800)^[1] saw a Habsburg Austrian army led by General der Kavallerie Michael von Melas attack the port of Genoa defended by a Republican French army under General of Division (GD) André Massena during the War of the Second Coalition. The Austrian army isolated Massena and half of the French army in Genoa, while driving off the other half of the army. Once Genoa was laid under siege, Massena conducted a very active defense with frequent sorties. Besieged on the land side by 24,000 Austrians led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant (FML) Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz and on the seaside by a Royal Navy squadron, famine reduced the defenders to starvation. By the time Massena surrendered the city on 4 June, many thousands of Genoa's residents died of starvation. While the Austrian army was focused on the siege, Napoleon Bonaparte's army invaded Italy from the northwest, ultimately winning the Battle of Marengo.