Expedition in Tyrol
The Expedition in Tyrol was carried out in the spring of 1797, during the final phases of the Italian campaign, when Napoleon Bonaparte decided to launch the final attack against the Holy Roman Empire.
| Expedition in Tyrol | |||||||
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| Part of the Italian campaigns in the War of the First Coalition | |||||||
Napoleon gathers prisoners on the battlefield (1797) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| French Republic | Austria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Catherine Joubert Antoine Guillaume | Wilhelm Lothar | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 18,000 | 12,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 8,000 | Unknown | ||||||
While Napoleon launched an attack towards Austria through Friuli and the Tarvisio pass, a secondary army was ordered to cross Tyrol, and then rejoined with the bulk of the forces in the Drava valley.
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