Battle of Dego (1796)
| date | 14 / 15. April 1796 |
|---|---|
| place | Dego |
| output | French victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| approx.15,000 men | approx. 5,700 men |
| losses | |
|
2,400 |
4,700 |
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The Battle of Dego took place near the small village of Dego in Liguria on April 14th and 15th, 1796. The battle ended with a victory of the French troops under General Napoleon over the Austro-Sardinian-Piedmontese troops. After Napoleon had succeeded in the battle of Montenotte in splitting up the allied troops of his opponents and partially annihilating them in the battle of Millesimo , General Massena pursued the enemy as far as Dego. He attacked this completely by surprise and was able to drive the troops out of the place. The Corps of Joseph Philip Vukasović that on April 12 on the Monte Fazole had been sent, turned quickly to Dego to participate in the battle. An error in the date of the order meant that he did not appear on the battlefield until April 15, although the battle had already taken place the day before. However, his late, unexpected appearance caused confusion among the French troops. The French initially held the five battalions of Joseph Philipp Vukasović , which did not even have a gun with them, for the entire Corps of Beaulieu . Vukasović took advantage of the confusion and was able to capture 18 cannons with a total of 28 ammunition wagons and take about 300 prisoners. He managed to hold off with the captured cannons for a full two hours against the French advancing under Napoleon. Ultimately inferior to the great superiority, he retreated via Spigno to Acqui .
literature
- Martin Boycott-Brown: The Road to Rivoli. Napoleon's first campaign . Cassell, London 2001, ISBN 0-304-35305-1 .
- David G. Chandler : The Campaigns of Napoleon . Weidenfeld, London 1993, ISBN 0-297-81367-6 (reprint of the New York 1966 edition).
- David G. Chandler: Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars . Simon & Simon, New York 1999, ISBN 0-13-177288-0 (reprint of the London 1979 edition).