Battle of the Sesia

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Italian War of 1521–26
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The Battle of the Sesia (April 30, 1524) was a battle in the Italian War of 1521 fought near the Sesia River that saw the Habsburg forces under Charles de Lannoy inflict a decisive defeat on the French under Admiral Bonnivet and the comte de St. Pol, forcing the latter to withdraw from Lombardy.

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  • Taylor, Frederick Lewis. The Art of War in Italy, 1494–1529. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1973. ISBN 0-8371-5025-6.
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