Battle of Mondovì
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The Battle of Mondovì was fought on 21 April 1796 between the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte and the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont led by Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi. The French
View of the Battle of Mondovi Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, c. 1802–1806
Montenotte Campaign, 21 April 1796
Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi or Michelangelo da Vigevano or Michael Colli entered the Habsburg Austrian army as a commissioned officer and became a general officer after fighting in the Seven
Battle of Mondovì
…The Battle of Mondovì was fought on 21 April 1796 between the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte and the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont led by Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi. The French victory meant that they had put the Ligurian Alps behind them, while the plains of Piedmont lay before them. A week later, King Victor…
Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi
Massif de l'Authion
Bonaparte severed the link between the Austrian and Sardinian armies near Dego, then turned west against Colli. The decisive battle was fought at Mondovì and peace was signed at Cherasco.
Johann Beaulieu