Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser
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Dagobert Sigmund, Count von Wurmser was an Austrian field marshal during the French Revolutionary Wars. Although he fought in the Seven Years' War, the War of the Bavarian Succession, and mounted seve
Klenau approached the town of Brescia at night, surprising the garrison, and taking as his prisoners three officials of the French Directory.
Battle of Lonato
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The Battle of Lonato was fought on 3 and 4 August 1796 between the French Army of Italy under General Napoleon Bonaparte and a corps-sized Austrian column led by Lieutenant General Peter Quasdanovich.
Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser
…retreated in the face of Napoleon Bonaparte and 12,000 Frenchmen; his small advance guard was quickly pushed out of Brescia on 1 August. At the subsequent Battle of Lonato of 2–3 August 1796, the French also forced Quasdanovich's column to withdraw into the mountains, with heavy losses. The mopping up operations lasted…
General Bonaparte at the Battle of Lonato
Salò and Lake Garda
Battle of Lonato won by Bonaparte.