Battle of Piave River (1809)
May 8, 1809 · Nervesa della Battaglia
Result Franco-Italian victory
Eugène de Beauharnais's Franco-Italian army defeated the Austrians under Archduke John at the Piave River. The Austrians retreated from Italy.
First French Empire
Austrian Empire
Strength and losses
- Strength
- 44,800–45,000c. 45,000
- Casualties
- 2,000–3,000c. 3,000
- Strength
- 24,120–28,000c. 25,000
- Casualties
- 3,600–3,896c. 3,600
- Captured
- c. 1,700
- Guns lost
- 15c. 15