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
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)
Battle of Montenotte
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Battle of Montenotte was fought on 12 April 1796, near Montenotte Superiore, being the opening engagement of Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian Campaign. The French Army of Italy, under the command of Gener
Montenotte campaign
…response, Bonaparte counterattacked the center of the enemy array, striking the boundary between the armies of his adversaries. Beating the Austrians at Montenotte, the budding military genius strove to drive the Piedmontese west and the Austrians northeast. Victories at Millesimo over the Sardinians and at Second…
Johann Peter Beaulieu
Attack on the redoubt of Monte-Legino by Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti (1764-1831)
André Masséna