Skirmish of Pastrengo (1848)

Skirmish of Pastrengo
Part of the First Italian War of Independence

Charge of the Carabinieri
Date April 30, 1848[1]
Location Pastrengo, Lombardy-Venetia
Result Sardinian victory[2]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Sardinia Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
King Charles Albert
General Broglia
[3][4][5][6]		 Marshal Wocher
Hauptmann Nagel †
[5][6][7]
Strength
25,000-30,000 Troops[5][6]
only 13,700 engaged [8]		 5,900 Troops[6][8]
well-entrenched posts [5]
Casualties and losses
15 killed[8][9]
90 wounded[8][9]		 25 killed[7][8]
147 wounded[7][8]
341 captured[7][8]
42 MIA[7]
Milan - Pastrengo - Santa Lucia - Goito - Peschiera
Vicenza - Custoza - Mestre - Novara - Brescia
Revolutionary States 1848-49
Prov. Gov. of Lombardy - Republic of San Marco
Roman Republic

The Skirmish of Pastrengo was fought between the Piedmontese and Austrian army on 30 April 1848, in the course of the First Italian War of Independence.

Contents

Prelude

The troops of the Kingdom of Sardinia were for the most part volunteers from regions of northern Italy.[6] Among the troops at Pastrengo, there were recorded, 1,000 volunteers from Parma, 150 volunteers from Piacenza and 400 students from Pavia and Turin.[5]

The Skirmish

As documented by the New monthly magazine: Vol. 83, 1848: [10]

"On the 30th of April, what is called in the bulletin issued from the head-quarters of the Sardinian army, "the first battle between the two armies of Italy," was fought. The end proposed was to occupy Bussolengo, Pastrengo, and Piovezzana, and to attempt to force the Adige. The affair commenced at half-past eleven, A.m. The Italian troops succeeded in driving the Austrians from all the positions which they occupied at Pastrengo, and in gaining the heights which command the Adige."

Aftermath

As documented by the New monthly magazine: Vol. 83, 1848: [10]

"During the night of the 30th, Bussolengo was taken by the Sardinians, and the passage of the Adige effected at Pontone."

Sources

  1. ^ Young, Francis (1864). Garibaldi: his life and times. London. 
  2. ^ Hamilton Sears, Edmund (1900). An outline of political growth in the nineteenth century. New York. 
  3. ^ Gallenga, Antonio Carlo Napoleone (1851). Italy in 1848. London. 
  4. ^ Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (1849). Correspondence respecting the affairs of Italy: Part II. London. 
  5. ^ a b c d e Meyer-Ott, Wilhelm (1848). Die kriegerischen Ereignisse in Italien im Jahre 1848[-1849]. Zurich. 
  6. ^ a b c d e Freiherr von Schönhals, Karl (1852). Errinerungen. Stuttgart. 
  7. ^ a b c d e Aus der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei (1851). Der Feldzug Der Oesterreichischen Armee In Italien Im Jahre 1848. Vienna. 
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Berkeley, George Fitz-Hardinge (1940). Italy in the Making January 1st 1848 to November 16th 1848. Cambridge University Press. 
  9. ^ a b Fabris, Cecilio (1898). Gli avvenimenti militari del 1848 e 1849. Turin. 
  10. ^ a b Campbell, Thomas (1848). New monthly magazine: Vol. 83. London.