Battle of Marengo
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The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. Near the end of t
The Battle of Marengo Louis-François Lejeune, 1801
Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David
Torre Garofoli, Napoleon's headquarters before the battle
Michael von Melas led the centre of the army during the attack, but he mistakenly believed that the battle was over before the arrival of Desaix.
War of the Second Coalition
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The War of the Second Coalition was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal,
Battle of Marengo
…Battle of Marengo Part of the Marengo campaign in the War of the Second Coalition The Battle of Marengo Louis-François Lejeune, 1801 Date 14 June 1800 Location Spinetta Marengo, Alessandria, Piedmont Result French victory Belligerents…
War of the second coalition
Strategic overview of operations in Europe and the Mediterranean in 1798–1799
Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov at the Battle of the Trebbia (Battle of the Trebbia on 8 June 1799 by Alexander von Kotzebue, 1857)
General André Masséna at the Second Battle of Zurich (The Battle of Zurich, 25th September 1799 by François Bouchot, 1835)