Commentary
The battle of Caldiero was thus a significant strategical victory for the French because it allowed them to closely follow the Austrian army, continually harassing it in a number of skirmishes, as it was falling back towards inner Austria. Masséna would thus delay Charles, preventing him from joining the army of the Danube, which would greatly influence the outcome of the war.
Historians disagree on whether Caldiero was a French tactical victory, an Austrian tactical victory, or a draw. Alain Pigeard, whose work is a major source for this article, rates the engagement as a French victory. Digby Smith calls the battle a "drawn match" while Frederick C. Schneid says it was "indecisive". Gunther E. Rothenberg writes that Caldiero was, "Austria's solitary military success in this war", although he was aware that the French historian Adolphe Thiers considered the battle to be a French victory.
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