✦ History

Italian campaign of 1796–1797

April 10, 1796 – October 17, 1797

Bonaparte's Army of Italy knocked Sardinia out of the war, took Lombardy, beat four Austrian relief armies around Mantua and advanced into Austria; the Treaty of Campo Formio ended the campaign.

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Battles 5

April 12, 1796
Battle of Montenotte Battle of Montenotte Napoleon, André Masséna, Eugen von Argentau
May 10, 1796
Battle of Lodi Battle of Lodi Napoleon, Claude Dallemagne, Karl Philipp Sebottendorf
July 4, 1796 – February 2, 1797
Siege of Mantua (1796–1797) Siege of Mantua (1796–1797) Pierre Augereau, Claude Dallemagne, Jean Lannes
November 15–17, 1796
Battle of Arcole Battle of Arcole André Masséna, Napoleon, Pierre Augereau
January 14–15, 1797
Battle of Rivoli Battle of Rivoli Napoleon, Barthélémy Catherine Joubert, Joseph Ocskay von Ocsko

Key commanders

France 7

Napoleon military commander Claude Dallemagne military commander Barthélémy Catherine Joubert military commander André Masséna military commander Pierre Augereau military commander Luis Alejandro Berthier military commander Jean Lannes military commander

Coalition 11

Karl Philipp Sebottendorf military commander Josef Philipp Vukassovich military commander Gerhard Rosselmini military commander Joseph Ocskay von Ocsko military commander Antal Lipthay military commander József Alvinczi military commander Anton Ferdinand Mittrowsky military commander Giovanni Marchese di Provera military commander Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz military commander Eugen von Argentau military commander Mathias Rukavina von Boynograd military commander