Battle of Valvasone

March 16, 1797 · Tagliamento

Result French victory

Napoleon Bonaparte's army forced a crossing of the Tagliamento river and pushed back the Austrians under Archduke Charles, opening the road toward Austria.

On the map Contemporaries

France

First Coalition

France

Habsburg monarchy

Napoleon military commander

Charles XIV John military commander

Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 43,000
Casualties: 500

Strength: 24,000
Casualties: 700
Guns lost: 6

Units

Army of Italy

Austrian Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars