Battle of Marengo
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The Battle of Marengo was a decisive 1800 engagement in northern Italy during the War of the Second Coalition, where Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces defeated the Austrians and secured French dominance in Italy.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Marengo canonical | 26 |
| Bataille de Marengo | 1 |
| French forces at the Battle of Marengo (counter-attack phase) | 1 |
| Marengo | 1 |
| Marengo campaign | 1 |
| Napoleon’s Marengo campaign | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Marengo
ⓘ
surface form:
Bataille de Marengo
|
| associatedWith |
Napoleon’s rise as First Consul
ⓘ
Second Coalition’s decline ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Austrian Empire
First French Empire ⓘ
surface form:
French Republic
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
|
| campaign |
Battle of Marengo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Marengo campaign
|
| casualtiesAustrian | several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ |
| casualtiesFrench | several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ |
| commander |
Anton von Zach
ⓘ
François Étienne de Kellermann ⓘ Jean Lannes ⓘ Louis-Alexandre Berthier ⓘ Michael von Melas ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ Peter Ott ⓘ Victor-Emmanuel Leclerc ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Arc de Triomphe
ⓘ
surface form:
Arc de Triomphe inscriptions
|
| conflict | War of the Second Coalition ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Cisalpine Republic ⓘ |
| date | 14 June 1800 ⓘ |
| decisivePhase | French counterattack in the afternoon ⓘ |
| followedBy | Armistice of Alessandria ⓘ |
| location |
Marengo, Piedmont
ⓘ
Piedmont ⓘ near Alessandria ⓘ Northern Italy ⓘ
surface form:
northern Italy
|
| notableUnit |
Austrian grenadiers
ⓘ
French Imperial Guard ⓘ
surface form:
French Consular Guard
|
| partOf | French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| politicalConsequence | consolidated Napoleon Bonaparte’s power in France ⓘ |
| precededBy | French crossing of the Great St Bernard Pass ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Marengo (horse)
ⓘ
Marengo campaign maps ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
ended major Austrian offensive in Italy in 1800
ⓘ
forced Austria to negotiate with France ⓘ |
| strengthAustrian | approximately 30,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| strengthFrench | approximately 28,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| tacticalOutcome |
French counteroffensive reversed Austrian gains
ⓘ
initial Austrian success ⓘ |
| territorialConsequence | secured French dominance in northern Italy ⓘ |
| theatre |
War of the First Coalition
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
|
| weaponry |
field artillery
ⓘ
smoothbore muskets ⓘ |
| year | 1800 ⓘ |
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marengo campaign
this entity surface form:
Bataille de Marengo
this entity surface form:
Marengo
subject surface form:
Marengo
subject surface form:
Marengo
this entity surface form:
Napoleon’s Marengo campaign
subject surface form:
Cavaradossi
subject surface form:
Louis Desaix
subject surface form:
Louis Desaix
this entity surface form:
French forces at the Battle of Marengo (counter-attack phase)