Battle of Turbigo
| date | June 3, 1859 |
|---|---|
| place | Turbigo , Lombardy in Italy |
| output | Franco-Sardinian victory |
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| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| unknown | unknown |
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The Battle of Turbigo was a skirmish between Italians and Austrians on June 3, 1859 during the Sardinian War .
prehistory
Napoleon III had arrived with his army in Lombardy , and now tried to get in contact with the Italian rebels in as many places as possible in order to be able to act militarily against the Austrian General Ferencz Gyulay . To this end, he divided his armed forces and had Patrice de Mac-Mahon , commander of the French 2nd Corps, march to the village of Turbigo , where he knew was a stronghold of the Italian resistance against the Austrians. He himself went to Boffalora sopra Ticino with the rest of the troops .
Feldzeugmeister Gyulay had assembled his I. Corps under General Eduard Clam-Gallas near Turbigo to secure Lombardy . On June 2, the French Guard Division, coming via Novara , arrived in Galliate and had the order to carry out a Ticino crossing at Turbigo.
The battle
On the morning of June 3, 1859, Patrice de Mac-Mahon attacked the settlement with the French army . He met with little resistance, as the Italian rebels had attacked the small Austrian troops that had been set up to guard the village that night . In the afternoon, General Mac-Mahon and his staff rode east of Turbigo through the town of Robecchetto for the purpose of reconnaissance, and when the battle began, the outposts of the Austrian Brigade Reznicek (Division FML Baron Cordon) almost caught him. Fortunately for the French, the village doctor Carlo Brumatti , who knew the language, got in touch with Mac Mahon and was able to coordinate the Italian and French troops.
The Austrian army remained in their camp during this time. Gyulay, contrary to Clam-Gallas's orders, had the troops wait until early afternoon to attack and then attacked across the board. The local Italians were able to quickly beat the Austrians due to this bad strategy and put the Austrians to flight. At the end of the battle there were a few dozen dead on both sides.
consequences
The Battle of Turbigo coincided with the Battle of Boffalora , both battles were French victories. The decisive victory of the Franco-Sardinian army over the Austrians, which led to the occupation of Milan , only followed the following day in the Battle of Magenta .
literature
- Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck , Erich Lessing : The K. (below) K. Army. 1848-1914. Prisma, Gütersloh 1980, ISBN 3-570-07287-8 .