Battle of Cassano
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The Battle of Cassano was a 1799 engagement during the War of the Second Coalition in which Russian general Alexander Suvorov’s forces defeated the French near the Adda River in northern Italy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
French First Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| campaign | Suvorov’s Italian campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 18th century ⓘ |
| combatantSide |
Coalition forces
ⓘ
French forces ⓘ |
| commander |
Alexander Suvorov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barthélemy Catherine Joubert NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Victor Marie Moreau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Second Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| date | 1799 ⓘ |
| era | French Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of the Trebbia (1799) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
near the Adda River
ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cassano d’Adda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommanderSide |
Alexander Suvorov for the Coalition
ⓘ
Jean Victor Marie Moreau for France ⓘ |
| partOf | French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Magnano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Lombardy ⓘ |
| result | Russian and Austrian victory ⓘ |
| river | Adda River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | expel French forces from northern Italy ⓘ |
| theatre | Italian campaign of the War of the Second Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearInConflict | 1799 in military history ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.