Skirmish of Pastrengo (1848)

April 30, 1848 · Pastrengo

Result Sardinian victory

Piedmontese troops drove Austrian forces from positions near Lake Garda, helped by a charge of the Carabinieri. It was an early Piedmontese success in the First Italian War of Independence.

Kingdom of Sardinia

Austrian Empire

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 26,000
Casualties
c. 500
Killed
15
Wounded
90
Guns
c. 52
Strength
5,900c. 5,000
Casualties
c. 850
Killed
25
Wounded
147
Captured
341c. 650
Missing
42
Guns
c. 15