Battle of Santa Lucia

May 6, 1848 · Santa Lucia

Result Austrian victory

Field Marshal Radetzky's Austrian army defeated Piedmontese forces at Santa Lucia outside Verona. The battle stopped the Piedmontese advance in the First Italian War of Independence.

On the map Contemporaries

Kingdom of Sardinia

Austrian Empire

Kingdom of Sardinia

Austrian Empire

Charles Albert military commander

Franz Joseph I of Austria military commander

Joseph Radetzky von Radetz military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: c. 41,000
Casualties: c. 1,750
Killed: c. 100
Deaths: 110
Wounded: 776c. 650
Captured: c. 200
Missing: c. 800
Guns: 82c. 80

Strength: c. 19,000
Casualties: c. 360
Killed: c. 75
Deaths: 72
Wounded: 190c. 185
Captured: 87
Missing: c. 90
Guns: 192c. 69