Battle of Custoza (1866)

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For the first Battle of Custoza, see Battle of Custoza (1848).


Battle of Custoza
Part of the Austro-Prussian War
Date 24 June 1866
Location Custoza, near Verona, present-day Italy
Result Austrian victory
Combatants
Italy Austria
Commanders
Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora Archduke Albert of Habsburg
Strength
120,000[1] 75,000
Casualties
8,147 dead, wounded, or captured 4,650 dead or wounded
Austro-Prussian War and
Third Italian Independence War
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The Battle of Custoza took place on 24 June 1866 during the Third Italian Independence War in the Italian unification process.

The Austrian Empire army, led by Archduke Albert of Habsburg, defeated the Italian army led by Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora and Enrico Cialdini, in spite of the Italians' strong numerical advantage.

Only the success of the Prussian army, allied to Italy, obliged the Austrians to ask for peace.

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  1. ^ Only 65,000 of which crossed the Mincio.

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