Battle of Rivoli

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Rivoli was a decisive 1797 victory in northern Italy where Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces defeated the Austrians, cementing French dominance in the Italian campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Rivoli canonical	14

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith	French Revolutionary military history ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ surface form: Napoleonic warfare
AustrianArmy	Austrian Army ⓘ surface form: Army of the Tyrol
AustrianCasualtiesApprox	around 14,000 killed, wounded, or captured ⓘ
AustrianCommanderRank	Feldzeugmeister ⓘ
AustrianGunsCaptured	around 40 guns ⓘ
AustrianPrisonersTaken	over 8,000 prisoners ⓘ
AustrianStrengthApprox	approximately 28,000 soldiers ⓘ
belligerent	French Republic ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy
campaign	Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon’s first Italian campaign
commander	André Masséna ⓘ Barthélemy Catherine Joubert ⓘ Giovanni Marchese di Provera ⓘ József Alvinczi ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich ⓘ
conflict	French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
countryAtTime	French First Republic ⓘ surface form: First French Republic
date	14 January 1797 ⓘ 14–15 January 1797 ⓘ
followedBy	fall of Mantua ⓘ
FrenchArmy	Army of Italy ⓘ
FrenchCasualtiesApprox	around 5,000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
FrenchCommanderRank	General of Division ⓘ
FrenchStrengthApprox	approximately 22,000 soldiers ⓘ
front	Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Italian front of the French Revolutionary Wars
location	Province of Verona ⓘ Rivoli Veronese ⓘ Veneto ⓘ northern Italy ⓘ
notableOutcome	contributed to subsequent peace negotiations with Austria ⓘ forced Austrians to abandon relief of Mantua ⓘ secured French control of northern Italy ⓘ
opponentCountryAtTime	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy of Austria
opponentObjective	Austrian attempt to relieve the siege of Mantua ⓘ
partOf	Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Italian campaign of 1796–1797
precededBy	Battle of Arcole ⓘ
result	French victory ⓘ
significance	broke Austrian attempt to relieve Mantua ⓘ cemented French dominance in northern Italy ⓘ considered one of Napoleon’s early masterpieces ⓘ decisive French victory in northern Italy ⓘ
tacticalFeature	Austrian multi-column attack plan ⓘ fighting on the Rivoli plateau ⓘ use of interior lines by the French ⓘ
year	1797 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Revolutionary Wars → significantEvent → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

War of the First Coalition → significantBattle → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

André Masséna → participantIn → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

Rue de Rivoli → namedAfter → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte → significantBattle → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

Rivoli Veronese → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

Rivoli Veronese → wasBattleSiteIn → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

Giovanni Marchese di Provera → participatedIn → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

French Revolutionary Army → militaryConflict → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

Army of Italy → battle → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

Battle of Arcole → followedBy → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

Masséna → notableBattle → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

subject surface form: André Masséna

Duke of Rivoli → namedAfter → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

Duke of Rivoli → notableBattle → Battle of Rivoli ⓘ

subject surface form: André Masséna