Michael von Melas
Videos
Michael Friedrich Benedikt Baron von Melas was a Transylvanian-born general of the cavalry for the Austrian Empire during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Michael von Melas
His grave in Bohemia
Battle of Marengo
Videos
The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. Near the end of t
Michael von Melas
…forces in victories at the battles of Cassano, Trebbia, Novi, Genola, and the Siege of Genoa, and came near to another victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Marengo before making the mistake of handing over command to a subordinate for what he thought was the pursuit from the field of a beaten foe. A stand made by…
The Battle of Marengo Louis-François Lejeune, 1801
Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David
Torre Garofoli, Napoleon's headquarters before the battle