Battle of Serravalle
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| Italian War of 1542 |
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| Nice – Ceresole – Serravalle – St. Dizier – Boulogne – Solent |
| Italian Wars |
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| First – Second – League of Cambrai – Urbino – 1521 – League of Cognac – 1535 – 1542 – 1551 |
The Battle of Serravalle took place on June 2, 1544, during the Italian War of 1542. A Spanish-Imperial army under Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, Marquis del Vasto, defeated a force of freshly-raised Italian mercenaries in French service, commanded by Pietro Strozzi and Giovan Francesco Orsini, Count of Pitigliano.
[edit] Reference
- Oman, Charles. A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century. London: Methuen & Co., 1937.
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