Battle of the Mincio River (1814)

In the War of the Sixth Coalition, the Battle of the Mincio River was fought on 8 February 1814 and resulted in an inconclusive engagement between the French under Eugène de Beauharnais and the Austrians under Field Marshal Heinrich von Bellegarde. Fought on the same ground as Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Borghetto in 1796, the battle was not as decisive as Eugène hoped, and in the end it had little significant impact upon the war, whose outcome was to be decided in France rather than Italy.

This article is about the battle fought in 1814. For the battle fought in 1800, see Battle of Pozzolo.

Battle of the Mincio River
Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition

Field Marshal Heinrich von Bellegarde and his staff at the battle of the Mincio River, by Albrecht Adam.
Date8 February 1814
Location
Mincio River, Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) present-day Italy
45°04′16″N 10°58′55″E
Result Italian–French victory
Belligerents
 Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Eugène de Beauharnais Heinrich von Bellegarde
Strength
34,000 32,000–35,000
Casualties and losses

3,500 dead, wounded, and captured

  • 3,000 dead or wounded
  • 500 captured

4,000 dead, wounded, and captured

  • 2,800 dead or wounded
  • 1,200 captured
200km
125miles
Mincio
Caldiero
2
Feistritz
1
War of the Sixth Coalition: Italian campaign, 1813–1814
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