Battle of Custoza (1848)

First Battle of Custoza
	Part of the First Italian War of Independence
	; The Battle of Custoza of 1848
Date	22-27 July 1848
Location	Custoza, Lombardy-Venetia; (present-day Italy)45°23′N 10°48′E
Result	Austrian victory
Belligerents
Austria	Sardinia
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Radetzky; Konstantin d’Aspre	Charles Albert; Eusebio Bava
Strength
33,000; 157 guns	22,000; 42 guns
Casualties and losses
; 319 killed; including 5 officers; 1,282 wounded; including 32 officers; 1,829 captured or missing	; 288 killed; 883 wounded; 463 captured or missing

The First Battle of Custoza was fought on July 24 and 25, 1848, during the First Italian War of Independence between the armies of the Austrian Empire, commanded by Field Marshal Radetzky, and the Kingdom of Sardinia, led by King Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia.

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