The Battle of Castiglione took place near Castiglione delle Stiviere in Lombardy, Italy on 8 September 1706 during the War of the Spanish Succession. A French army of 12,000 attacked a Hessian corps of 10,000 that was besieging the town and forced them to retreat with heavy losses.
View of Castiglione delle Stiviere
Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, Allied commander at Castiglione
The siege of Turin took place from June to September 1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession. A French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged the Savoyard capital of Turin, whose relief by Prince Eugene of Savoy has been called the most brilliant campaign of the war in Italy. The siege is also famous for the death of Piedmontese hero Pietro Micca.
The Allied relief force breaks the French lines, lifting the siege of Turin
Pietro Micca, Pietro Micca, by Andrea Gastaldi 1858; in the 19th century, he became a symbol of Italian patriotism
Annual parade in Turin commemorating the siege