Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi or Michelangelo da Vigevano or Michael Colli entered the Habsburg Austrian army as a commissioned officer and became a general officer after fighting in the Seven
Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi
Massif de l'Authion
Bonaparte severed the link between the Austrian and Sardinian armies near Dego, then turned west against Colli. The decisive battle was fought at Mondovì and peace was signed at Cherasco.
Johann Beaulieu
Second Battle of Saorgio
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The Second Battle of Saorgio was fought from 24 to 28 April 1794 between a French First Republic army commanded by Pierre Jadart Dumerbion and the armies of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and the Ha
Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi
…Digby Smith named Colli as the Piedmontese commander in the 12 June engagement. Colli was promoted Feldmarschall-Leutnant on 29 December 1793. In the Second Battle of Saorgio in April 1794, Pierre Jadart Dumerbion's French army turned the eastern flank of the Saorge defenses which were held by Colli and 16,000 Piedmontese…
French trooper near captured Fort Saorgio (illustration from La France Militaire, 1833)
King Victor Amadeus III
Duke of Biron
Fighting occurred at Utelle on 21 October 1793.