Battle of Pozzolo

Part of the War of the Second Coalition

Date	December 25, 1800
Location	Town on the Mincio River, present-day Monzambano, Italy
Result	French victory

Belligerents

First French Republic

Habsburg Austria

Commanders and leaders

Guillaume Marie Anne Brune

Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde

Strength

66,000

50,000

Casualties and losses

4,000

8,589

French Revolutionary Wars – Italian Campaigns

Saorgio 1st Dego Loano Montenotte Millesimo 2nd Dego Ceva Mondovì Fombio Lodi Borghetto Lonato Castiglione Rovereto 1st Bassano 2nd Bassano Calliano Caldiero Arcole Rivoli 1st Mantua Faenza (it) Veronese Easters Magnano Cassano Trebbia 2nd Mantua Novi Genoa Montebello Marengo Pozzolo

The Battle of Pozzolo (also known as the Battle of the Mincio River, and Monzambano) was fought on December 25, 1800 and resulted the difficult victory of French under General Brune against Austrians under General Bellegarde.

Following the armistice agreed after the Battle of Marengo the Austrians had held the line of the Mincio river. The French Army of Reserve was now commanded by Brune after Napoleon's departure for Paris. On Christmas Day 1800, he attacked the Austrian positions and broke their line. The Austrians fell back eastwards over the Adige River. Two days later the armistice was renewed.

References

Pope, Stephen. The Cassell Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. Cassell (1999)