Battle of Pozzolo

Part of the War of the Second Coalition

Date	25 December 1800
Location	Town on the Mincio River, present-day Monzambano, Italy
Result	French victory

Belligerents

First French Republic

Habsburg Austria

Commanders and leaders

Guillaume Brune

Heinrich von Bellegarde

Strength

66,000

50,000

Casualties and losses

4,000

8,589

French Revolutionary Wars – Italian Campaigns

1st Saorgio Epierre 2nd Saorgio 1st Dego Loano Voltri Montenotte Millesimo 2nd Dego Ceva Mondovì Fombio Lodi Borghetto Lonato Castiglione Rovereto 1st Bassano 2nd Bassano Calliano Caldiero Arcole Rivoli 1st Mantua Faenza Valvasone Tarvis Veronese Easter Verona Magnano Cassano Bassignana Modena Trebbia 2nd Mantua Novi Genola Genoa Montebello Marengo Pozzolo

The Battle of Pozzolo (also known as the Battle of the Mincio River, and Monzambano) was fought on 25 December 1800 and resulted the difficult victory of French under General Brune against Austrians under General Bellegarde.

Following the armistice agreed after the Battle of Marengo the Austrians had held the line of the Mincio river. The French Army of Reserve was now commanded by Brune after Napoleon's departure for Paris. On Christmas Day 1800, he attacked the Austrian positions and broke their line. The Austrians fell back eastwards over the Adige River. Two days later the armistice was renewed.

References

Pope, Stephen. The Cassell Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. Cassell (1999)

Coordinates: 45°23′00″N 10°42′00″E / 45.3833°N 10.7000°E / 45.3833; 10.7000

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