Battle of Caldiero (1805)

Battle Of Caldiero (1805)

Coordinates: 45°25′26″N 11°11′26″E / 45.42389°N 11.19056°E / 45.42389; 11.19056

Battle of Caldiero
Part of the War of the Third Coalition

Archduke Charles and staff at the Battle of Caldiero
Date 30 October 1805
Location Caldiero, present-day Italy
Result French victory
Belligerents
French Empire Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
André Masséna Archduke Charles
Strength
33,000-49,000
23,600-33,000 engaged		 49,200
Casualties and losses
3,729 total:
3,204 killed or wounded
525 captured		 9,221 total:
503 killed
2,209 wounded
1,509 captured
a further 5,000 captured at Cara Albertini
War of the Third Coalition
  • Boulogne
  • Cape Finisterre
  • Ulm Campaign
  • Verona
  • Trafalgar
  • Caldiero
  • Cape Ortegal
  • Amstetten
  • Mariazell
  • Dürenstein
  • Dornbirn
  • Schöngrabern
  • Castelfranco Veneto
  • Austerlitz
  • Blaauwberg
  • Gaeta
  • Campo Tenese
  • Maida
  • Mileto

The Battle of Caldiero took place on October 30, 1805, pitching the French Armée d'Italie (Army of Italy) under Marshal André Masséna against an Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles of Austria. The French engaged only a part of their forces, around 33,000 men, whilst Archduke Charles engaged the bulk of his army, 49,000 men, leaving out Davidovich's corps to defend the lower Adige and Rosenberg's corps to cover the Austrian right against any flanking maneuvers. The fighting took place took place at Caldiero, 15 kilometres east of Verona, in the War of the Third Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars.

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