✦ History

Italian campaign of 1796–1797

April 10, 1796 – October 17, 1797

Result French victory

Ended by Peace of Leoben

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 and events 11

April 10–28, 1796
Montenotte campaign French victory Republic of Genoa and Kingdom of Sardinia; today Liguria and Piedmont regions in Italy Napoleon, André Masséna, Pierre Augereau
April 12, 1796
Battle of Montenotte French victory Battle of Montenotte Napoleon, André Masséna, Eugen von Argentau
May 7–9, 1796
Battle of Fombio French victory Fombio Napoleon, Claude Dallemagne, Antal Lipthay
May 10, 1796
Battle of Lodi French victory Battle of Lodi Napoleon, Claude Dallemagne, Karl Philipp Sebottendorf
May 11, 1796 – May 12, 1797
Fall of the Republic of Venice Italy Napoleon, Ludovico Manin
July 4, 1796 – February 2, 1797
Siege of Mantua (1796–1797) French victory Siege of Mantua (1796–1797) Napoleon, Claude Dallemagne, Josef Philipp Vukassovich
November 15–17, 1796
Battle of Arcole French victory Battle of Arcole Napoleon, André Masséna, Jean Lannes
January 14–15, 1797
Battle of Rivoli French victory Battle of Rivoli Napoleon, Josef Philipp Vukassovich, Barthélémy Catherine Joubert
January 16, 1797
Battle of La Favorita French victory La favorite Napoleon, André Masséna, Giovanni Marchese di Provera
February 19, 1797
Treaty of Tolentino Tolentino
March 16, 1797
Battle of Valvasone French victory Tagliamento Napoleon, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Charles XIV John

Key commanders

France 11

Napoleon military commander André Masséna military commander Amédée Emmanuel Francois Laharpe military commander Claude Dallemagne military commander Jean Lannes military commander Luis Alejandro Berthier military commander Pierre Augereau military commander Barthélémy Catherine Joubert military commander Charles Leclerc military commander Charles XIV John military commander Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno military commander

Coalition 17

Eugen von Argentau military commander Mathias Rukavina von Boynograd military commander Karl Philipp Sebottendorf military commander Josef Philipp Vukassovich military commander Gerhard Rosselmini military commander Giovanni Marchese di Provera military commander Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz military commander Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen military commander Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser military commander József Alvinczi military commander Anton Ferdinand Mittrowsky military commander Joseph Ocskay von Ocsko military commander Antal Lipthay military commander Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen military commander Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen military commander Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi military commander Johann Peter Beaulieu military commander

Republic of Venice 1

Ludovico Manin military commander

First Coalition 1

Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen military commander

Holy Roman Empire 5

Giovanni Marchese di Provera military commander Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser military commander Antal Lipthay military commander Johann Peter Beaulieu military commander Anton Schübirz von Chobinin military commander

Kingdom of Sardinia 2

Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi military commander Johann Peter Beaulieu military commander