Battle of Lodi

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the War of the First Coalition. Result: Austrian evacuation of Lodi and French crossing of the Adda River.

Lodi was an effort by Napoleon Bonaparte to prevent the Austrians from escaping across the Adda River at Lodi. Napoleon ordered a forced march to seize the two-hundred-yard-long bridge. However, when the French advance guard arrived about 11:00 a.m. on May 10, the main body of the Austrian army, led by General Johann Peter Beaulieu, had already crossed. Their rear guard then crossed the bridge, destroyed...

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