Battle of Cassano (1799)
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The Battle of Cassano was fought in 1799 from 27 to 28 April near Cassano d'Adda, which about 28 km ENE of Milan. The clash is part of the battle of the Adda River or the so-called forcing of the Adda
Feldmarshal Suvorov at the battle of the Adda River on April 27, 1799 (engraving by Luigi Schiavonetti)
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov
Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration
Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer
Suvorov's Italian campaign
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Suvorov's Italian campaign took place in Northern Italy between April and September 1799 and pitted the Russian and Imperial armies led by the Russian Field Marshal Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov
The Battle of Novi, painting by Alexander Kotzebue. Hermitage Museum
Marshal Suvorov, in exile at Konchanskoye near Veliky Novgorod, receives the imperial order to command the troops in the fight against Napoleone di Buonaparte
Portrait of General Bagration, Pyotr Ivanovich