Battle of Verona (1799)
Part of theFrench Revolutionary War
Battle of 26 March 1799 under the walls of Verona byLuigi Frisoni
Date 26 March 1799 Location nearVerona, Italy 45°26′19″N10°59′34″E / 45.43861°N 10.99278°E /45.43861; 10.99278 Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
France	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Barthélemy Schérer Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier	Pál Kray
Strength
46,400	41,400
Casualties and losses
5,228 17 guns	7,000–8,000 8 guns[1]

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TheBattle of Verona on 26 March 1799 saw aHabsburg Austrian army underPál Kray fight aFirst French Republic army led byBarthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer. The battle encompassed three separate combats on the same day: atVerona, the two sides battled to a bloody draw; atPastrengo to the west of Verona, French forces prevailed over their Austrian opponents; atLegnago to the southeast of Verona, the Austrians defeated their French adversaries. The battle was fought during theWar of the Second Coalition, part of theFrench Revolutionary Wars. Verona is a city on theAdige River in northern Italy.

At Pastrengo, the French lost 1,000 killed, wounded, and missing out of 22,400 soldiers while inflicting 2,000 killed and wounded on the 11,000 Austrians. In addition, the French captured 1,500 men, 12 guns, two pontoon bridges, and two colors. TheSchröder Infantry Regiment Nr. 27 lost particularly serious casualties. At Verona, French losses numbered 1,500 killed and wounded plus 300 men and three guns captured out of a total of 14,500 men. The Austrians counted 1,600 killed and wounded and 1,100 captured out of 16,400 troops. GeneralsKonrad Valentin von Kaim, Ferdinand Minkwitz, andAnton Lipthay de Kisfalud were wounded. The contest at Legnago cost the French 2,000 killed and wounded and 600 men and 14 guns captured out of 9,500 men. General of Brigade François Felix Vignes was killed. The Austrians lost 700 killed and wounded and 100 captured out of 14,000 soldiers.^[2] Lipthay never recovered from his wounds and died on 17 February 1800 atPadua.^[3]

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