✦ History

Part of French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Novi (1799)

August 15, 1799 · Battle of Novi (1799)

Result Coalition victory

Suvorov beat the French Army of Italy, whose commander Joubert was killed early in the battle.

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France

Coalition

France
Russian Empire
Habsburg monarchy
Emmanuel de Grouchy military commander Barthélémy Catherine Joubert military commander Jean Victor Marie Moreau military commander Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr military commander Catherine-Dominique Pérignon military commander
Pyotr Bagration military commander Heinrich Joseph Johann von Bellegarde military commander Anton Ferdinand Mittrowsky military commander Michael von Melas military commander Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz military commander Mikhail Miloradovich military commander Alexander Suvorov military commander Otto Wilhelm von Derfelden military commander
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Paul Kray military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
35,000c. 35,000
Casualties
11,000c. 11,000
Killed
c. 1,500
Wounded
c. 5,500
Captured
c. 4,000
Guns lost
18c. 37
Strength
50,000–51,547c. 50,000
Casualties
8,000–9,000c. 9,000
Killed
c. 1,250
Wounded
c. 5,750
Captured
c. 2,000
Guns lost
c. 3

Units

Army of Italy
Austrian army in Italy (1799) Suvorov's army (1799)