Battle of Verona (1799)
| Battle of Verona (1799) | |||||||
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| Part of the French Revolutionary War | |||||||
Battle of 26 March 1799 under the walls of Verona by Luigi Frisoni | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | Austria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Barthélemy Schérer Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier | Pál Kray | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 46,400 | 41,400 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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5,228 17 guns |
7,000–8,000 8 guns | ||||||
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Napoleon in command
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The Battle of Verona on 26 March 1799 saw a Habsburg Austrian army under Pál Kray fight a First French Republic army led by Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer. The battle encompassed three separate combats on the same day: at Verona, the two sides battled to a bloody draw; at Pastrengo to the west of Verona, French forces prevailed over their Austrian opponents; at Legnago to the southeast of Verona, the Austrians defeated their French adversaries. The battle was fought during the War of the Second Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Verona is a city on the Adige River in northern Italy.