Raffaele Cadorna the Elder
Raffaele Cadorna Sr. (born February 9, 1815 in Milan , † February 6, 1897 in Turin ) was an Italian general .
Life
Raffaele's father Carlo Cadorna was a minister in the Piedmontese government in Turin, where he had moved from Milan with his family. Raffaele Cadorna attended the Turin Military Academy and became an infantry officer after completing his training . He was then transferred to the corps of geniuses. In 1849 he became secretary to the Minister of War for a short time . After the Battle of Novara he retired from active service for a short time, then he took part in the second expedition against the Kabyle as chief of staff at Saint-Arnaud .
After returning to active service, he took part in the Crimean War as a company commander . Shortly before the outbreak of the Second Italian War of Independence , he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the general staff in 1859 , and a year later he was appointed general . He was entrusted with the organization of military affairs in Tuscany . After the annexation of southern Italy, Cadorna was appointed military commander of Sicily .
In the years that followed, he fought the so-called “ brigands' disorder ” in Abruzzo and Molise . In September 1866 he was sent to Palermo to suppress the Bourbon uprising there, and in 1869 Cadorna put down another uprising in the Marches . In September 1870 he commanded the IV Army Corps and took Civitavecchia on September 16, 1870 and, after a short bombardment ( Porta Pia - breach and subsequent breakthrough of the Bersaglieri ), Rome on September 20 . On December 1, 1873, he took over the territorial command (corps command) of Turin . In 1877 he retired from active service.
Raffaele Cadorna Sr. died in Turin on February 6, 1897.
His son Luigi Cadorna , born in 1850, became Chief of Staff of the Italian Army in 1914 and remained in this post during the First World War until Italy was defeated at the Battle of Good Freit.
Works
- La liberazione di Roma nel 1870 . Turin (1889)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cadorna, Raffaele the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cadorna, Raffaele Sr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1897 |
| Place of death | Turin |