Battle of Solferino

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the Italian Wars of Unification. Result: Austrian army defeated.

The Austrian army, under Emperor Franz Josef I, had retreated into Venetia. General Franz Gyulai proposed a retreat to the Venetian Quadrilateral Fortresses, but General Ludwig von Benedek took the initiative in attempting to reconquer Lombardy. The French and Piedmontese, led by Napoleon III, General Marie E. P. M. de MacMahon, and Victor Emanuel, met the Austrians, who held the heights around Solferino. The resultant battle was fought by enlisted...

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