Jean-Baptiste Dominique Rusca was a French general.
Jean-Baptiste Dominique Rusca
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
Jean-Baptiste Dominique Rusca
…to command a sapper battalion. He later fought in the Army of Italy and the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees before returning to Italy. By the time of the Montenotte Campaign in 1796, he was a general officer leading major units. He was captured by the Austrians during the 1799 Italian campaign at the Battle of the Trebbia…
The Battle of Montenotte, a major battle of the campaign
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)