Battle of Sassello

Part of the War of the Second Coalition

Date	10 April 1800
Location	30 kilometers northwest of Genoa, present-day Italy
Result	Austrian victory

Belligerents

France

Austria

Commanders and leaders

Jean-de-Dieu Soult

Prince Hohenzollern

Strength

2,000

20,000

Casualties and losses

1,000 total

War of the Second Coalition

French Revolutionary Wars – Italian Campaigns

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The battle of Sassello was a minor skirmish during the war of the Second Coalition, fought on 10 April 1800 between a 2,000-men French force under General Jean-de-Dieu Soult and a largely superior Austrian corps under the command of Prince Prince Hohenzollern. The battle took place 30 kilometers northwest of Genoa, which was at the time under French control but under siege by the Austrians. The skirmish at Sassello ended in favor of the Austrians, with either side losing about 1,000 men but with the Austrians being able to pursue their encirclement of Genoa.^[1]

References

↑ Pigeard, p. 774

Bibliography

Pigeard, Alain - Dictionnaire des batailles de Napoléon, Tallandier, Bibliothèque Napoléonienne, 2004, ISBN 2-84734-073-4

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