Battle of Tornavento

Battle of Tornavento
	Part of Franco-Spanish War (1635)
	; The battle of Tornavento in a seventeenth-century graphic representation
Date	22 June 1636
Location	Tornavento, near Oleggio and Lonate Pozzolo; (present-day Italy)
Result	Indecisive, both sides claimed victory, Franco-Savoyard tactical victory, Spanish strategic victory
Belligerents
France; Savoy	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Charles de Créquy; Victor Amadeus I	Marqués de Leganés
Strength
16,700 6,000 infantry; 1,200 cavalry; 8,000 infantry; 1,500 cavalry;	14,500 10,000 infantry; 4,500 cavalry;
Casualties and losses
more than 1,200 killed of whom more than 70 where officers; 1,000 wounded	1,300 men killed; 1,000 wounded; 200 officers

The Battle of Tornavento was fought in Northwest Italy on June 22, 1636 during the Thirty Years' War.

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