Giovanni Marchese di Provera
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Giovanni Marchese di Provera or Johann Provera served in the Habsburg Austrian army in Italy during the French Revolutionary Wars, rising to command a 9,000-man independent corps during the War of the
General Giovanni Provera taken prisoner by French forces after the Battle of Millesimo, 14 April 1796
The battle at Cosseria Castle
József Alvinczi
Adige River at Legnago
Battle of Arcole
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The Battle of Arcole or Battle of Arcola was fought between French and Austrian forces 25 kilometres southeast of Verona during the War of the First Coalition, a part of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Giovanni Marchese di Provera
…they were reinforced by Brabeck at 3:00 pm, followed by Schübirz and Provera. The French finally withdrew, conceding victory to the Austrians. At the Battle of Arcole on 15 to 17 November, Bonaparte established a bridgehead across the Adige River to threaten the Austrian left rear. He sent Augereau's division north…
The Crossing of the Arcole Bridge Horace Vernet, 1826
Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcole, by A.-J. Gros, (1797), Château de Versailles.
This engraving shows Bonaparte crossing the Arcole bridge. Actually the incident occurred about 55 paces short of the span.
General Augereau at the Bridge of Arcole by Charles Thévenin, 1798