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Napoleon Bonaparte becomes commander in Italy.
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Battle of Lodi
The battle of Lodi was a minor battle. They fought with little skill on Napoleon's part, but it played an important part in convincing him of his potential greatness.The French lost only 1,000 men while the Austrailians lost 2,500 men and 15 guns. -
Peace of Paris
The Peace Treaty of Paris ended the war between France and The Kingdom of Piedmont. -
Battle of Castiglione
the Austrian general with his stationary army of 25,000 men near Castiglione was traped from three sides by 30,000 French troops. Würmser was forced to retreat eastward to Vallegio. As the French army regained the occupation of the towns to the east, Würmser completed a full retreat of his army back to Trento. -
Battle of Arcole
The Battle of Arcole lasted from November 15th to Novemeber 18th. Napoleon's first attempt was a failure. Napoleon did not stop fighting untill he reached victory! The Austrians suffered between 6,000-7,000 casualties during the three days of fighting and the French around 4,000-4,500. -
Battle of Rivoli
The battle of Rivoli was the most difficult of Napoleon's victories in Italy during his campaign of 1796-1797. At the end of the pursuit that followed the victory the French had captured more than half of an Austrian army of 28,000, despite being significantly outnumbered at the start of the campaign. -
Peace of Tolentino
The Peace of Tolentino ended the second of Napoleon's invasions of the Papal States during his first campaign in Italy. Napoleon's first invasionhad been ended by the Peace of Bologna in which the French had been allowed to occupy Bologna and Ferrara, but it had not been ratified by the French Directory and the Papacy had continued to be hostile to the revolution. -
Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile was fought in Aboukir bay near Alexandria, Egypt, on the 1st and 2nd of August 1798. The British fleet was under the command of Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson and the French fleet under Admiral Paul D'Brueys. -
Rome is captured by Neopolitans.
