✦ History

Part of Austro-Prussian War

Battle of Custoza (1866)

June 24, 1866 · Battle of Custoza (1866)

Result Austrian victory

Archduke Albrecht's Austrian South Army beat La Marmora's Italians south-west of Verona.

On the map Contemporaries

Prussia and allies

Austria and allies

Italy
Austrian Empire
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora military commander
Franz von John military commander Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
90,000c. 90,000
Casualties
8,100c. 7,600
Killed
c. 730
Wounded
c. 2,670
Missing
c. 4,100
Guns
192c. 192
Guns lost
14c. 14
Strength
c. 75,000
Casualties
c. 8,000
Killed
c. 1,170
Wounded
c. 4,030
Missing
c. 2,800
Guns
46c. 172
Guns lost
c. 3

Units

Italian Army of the Mincio (1866)
Austrian South Army (1866)

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