Battle of Caldiero

Battle of Caldiero

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Caldiero


caption=
partof=the War of the Third Coalition
date=30 October, 1805
place=Caldiero (Verona), present-day Italy
result=French victory
combatant1=flagicon|France First French Empire
combatant2=flag|Austrian Empire
commander1=André Masséna
commander2=Archduke Charles of Austria
strength1=37,000
strength2=50,000
casualties1=~4,000 killed or wounded
casualties2=~3,000 killed or wounded,
8,000 captured

The Battle of Caldiero took place on October 30 1805. Marshal André Masséna with 37,000 Frenchmen, encountered the Austrian 50,000 strong army, under the Archduke Charles of Austria, who were posted in the village and on the heights of Caldiero, near Verona, in northern Italy.

Masséna attacked and carried the heights, but the village held out until nightfall. During the night the Archduke removed his baggage and artillery, leaving a corps of 5,000 men, under General Hillinger, to protect his retreat. This force was captured the following day. The Austrians lost 3,000 killed and wounded, and, including Hillinger's corps, 8,000 prisoners; the French about 4,000 killed and wounded.


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