Battle of Voltri
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The Battle of Voltri was fought on 10 April 1796 in Voltri, Italy, during the War of the First Coalition. The battle saw two Habsburg Austrian columns under the overall direction of Johann Peter Beaul
View of Voltri, 10 April 1796 by Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, 1802–1806
Johann Peter Beaulieu
Antoine Christophe Saliceti
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 Voltri
…along the coast to Savona. Voltri is now part of the western suburbs of the major Italian port of Genoa. The battle was the opening engagement of the Montenotte campaign and the broader Italian campaign of 1796-1797, which would ultimately end the war a year later. In the spring of 1796, Beaulieu was installed as the…
The Battle of Montenotte, a major battle of the campaign
Portrait of Bonaparte in Italy by Édouard Detaille
Attack on Cossaria Château, 13 April 1796 (Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, 1812)