Battle of Bassignano

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Battle of Bassignano
Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
Date September 27, 1745 Location near Alessandria, AL, Italy Result Franco-Spanish victory
Combatants
France Spain	Kingdom of Sardinia Austria
Commanders
Marquis of Maillebois Infante Philip Comte de Gages	Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy
Strength
70,000	54,000
Casualties
200 dead 300 wounded	300 dead 1,200 wounded or captured

War of the Austrian Succession: Italian Campaigns
Campo Santo – Villafranca – Casteldelfino – Velletri – Madonna dell'Olmo – Bassignano – Piacenza – Rottofreddo - Assietta

The Battle of Bassignano was fought in the Italian campaign of the War of the Austrian Succession on September 27, 1745. It resulted in a victory for the combined armies of France and Spain over Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The Bourbon armies, finally united after a two-year campaign, won through a maneuver that fooled 25,000 Austrian troops to head towards Piacenza and leave their Sardinian allies isolated. The Sardinians were then overwhelmed and beaten.

The Battle of Piacenza in the following year turned back the French and the Spanish and erased the effects of Bassignano.

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• Success won by Marshal Maiilebois and Don Infante Philip, followed by greater disasters from Voltaire's histories