✦ History

Part of French Revolutionary Wars, Italian campaign of 1796–1797

Battle of Arcole

November 15–17, 1796 · Battle of Arcole

Result French victory

Three days of fighting in the marshes east of Verona that turned back Alvinczi's second relief of Mantua.

On the map Contemporaries

France

Coalition

France
Habsburg monarchy
Napoleon military commander André Masséna military commander Jean Lannes military commander Pierre Augereau military commander
József Alvinczi military commander Anton Ferdinand Mittrowsky military commander Giovanni Marchese di Provera military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 20,000
Casualties
c. 4,800
Killed
c. 1,200
Wounded
c. 2,300
Captured
c. 1,300
Strength
24,000c. 24,000
Casualties
2,200c. 6,200
Killed
c. 600
Wounded
c. 1,600
Captured
4,000c. 4,000
Guns
c. 74
Guns lost
c. 11

Units

Army of Italy
Austrian army in Italy (1796–1797)