Battle of Bassignana | |||||||
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Part of the War of the Austrian Succession | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of France Kingdom of Spain Republic of Genoa |
Kingdom of Sardinia, Austria |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Marquis of Maillebois Infante Philip Comte de Gages Gian Francesco Brignole Sale II |
Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy[1] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
70,000 | 54,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
200 dead, 300 wounded |
300 dead, 1,200 wounded or captured |
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The Battle of Bassignana 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.[2] 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.