Battle of Marengo
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles
- Curriculum: 18th Century European History, French History, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Italy
- Date: June 14, 1800
Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in War of the Second Coalition. Result: French victory in the second of two battles on the same day leads to the withdrawal of Austrian troops from Lombardy.
On June 14, 1800, at 8:00 in the morning, General Michael Friedrich von Melas attacked the French army under Napoleon Bonaparte. The French forces, who had been disrupting Melas’s supply lines, were deployed on a flat stretch of land east of the farmstead Villa di Marengo. Napoleon, who had not anticipated the attack and had foolishly split his army—one...
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