Battle of Bassano

The Battle of Bassano was fought on 8 September 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, in the territory of the Republic of Venice, between a French army under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces led by Count Dagobert von Wurmser. The engagement occurred during the second Austrian attempt to raise the siege of Mantua. It was a French victory; however, it was the last battle in Napoleon's perfect military career as two months later he would be defeated at the Second Battle of Bassano, ending his victorious streak. The Austrians abandoned their artillery and baggage, losing supplies, cannons, and battle standards to the French.

Battle of Bassano
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Bonaparte after the Battle of Bassano, by Horace Vernet (1848)
Date8 September 1796
Location
Bassano, Venetia, present-day Italy
45.7667°N 11.7333°E / 45.7667; 11.7333
Result French victory
Belligerents
First French Republic Habsburg monarchy
Commanders and leaders

Napoleon Bonaparte

André Masséna		 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser
Strength
20,000 20,000
Casualties and losses
400 killed, wounded or missing 600 killed or wounded,
6,000 captured,
30 cannons, 8 standards
Location within Europe
War of the First Coalition:
Italian Campaign
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62miles
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