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Battle of Carpi
Part of theNeapolitan War
Date 10 April 1815 Location Carpi, present-dayItaly 44°47′04″N10°52′46″E / 44.784361°N 10.879572°E /44.784361; 10.879572 Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Austrian Empire	Kingdom of Naples
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Bianchi	Guglielmo Pepe
Strength
2,500[1]	5,000[1]
Casualties and losses
116 killed or wounded[1]	~1,000 killed or wounded 612 captured[1]
class=notpageimage| Location within Europe

TheBattle of Carpi took place during theNeapolitan War between a brigade of Neapolitan soldiers under the command ofGuglielmo Pepe and an Austrian force under the command ofBaron Frimont. The battle took place in the town ofCarpi and resulted in an Austrian victory, with the Neapolitans being driven from the town.^[1]

AfterMurat, the King of Naples was defeated at theBattle of Occhiobello, the Neapolitan advance was stopped on the banks of thePo River. From here, the Austrians launched a counterattack against the Neapolitan position in northern Italy. A corps under the command of Bianchi was ordered to march to the Neapolitan position aroundModena and drive the Neapolitans out of the duchy. Half of Bianchi's corps marched on the town of Carpi, whilst the other half were sent to cut off the Neapolitan line of retreat.

The Austrians reached Carpi on 10 April, opening with an artillery barrage on the town's north gate. However, the Austrian column came through the south gate, surprising the Neapolitan garrison of 5,000 men commanded by Guglielmo Pepe and crushing any Neapolitan opposition. Having already received news of the defeat at Occhiobello, the Neapolitan morale crumbled and most of the surviving garrison deserted after the battle. Meanwhile,Michele Carascosa, who was in command of all the Neapolitan forces in theDuchy of Modena, realised the remaining troops were in danger of being surrounded, and ordered a general retreat from the area.

• Smith, Digby (1998).The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill Books.ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

• Capt. Batty,An Historical Sketch of the Campaign of 1815, London (1820)
• Details of battle at Clash of Steel

• Media related toBattle of Carpi (1815) at Wikimedia Commons

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