Battle of Montenotte
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Battle of Montenotte was fought on 12 April 1796, near Montenotte Superiore, being the opening engagement of Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian Campaign. The French Army of Italy, under the command of Gener
1812 paining of the battle
Johann Peter Beaulieu
Attack on the redoubt of Monte-Legino by Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti (1764-1831)
André Masséna
Montenotte campaign
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The Montenotte campaign began on 10 April 1796 with an action at Voltri and ended with the Armistice of Cherasco on 28 April. It was the beginning of the Italian Campaign of 1796–1797, which would ult
Battle of Montenotte
…fought on 12 April 1796, near Montenotte Superiore (then in the Kingdom of Sardinia, now in Italy), being the opening engagement of Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian Campaign. The French Army of Italy, under the command of General Napoleon Bonaparte, defeated an Austrian corps under Field Marshal Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau…
Portrait of Bonaparte in Italy by Édouard Detaille
View of Voltri, 10 April 1796 (Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, c. 1802–1806)
Attack on Cossaria Château, 13 April 1796 (Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, 1812)