Montebello della Battaglia

Montebello della Battaglia is a town with 1669 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the southwest of the Lombardy Region. The name suffix della Battaglia refers to two battles that were fought in Montebello.

On 9 June of 1800 Napoleonic troops crushed the Austrians at Montebello (→ Battle of Montebello (1800) ).

At the beginning of the second Italian War of Independence, the French and allied Piedmontese fought in Montebello on May 21, 1859 against Austrian associations, who won first the upper hand. Piedmontese cavalry units prevented an Austrian victory. French reinforcements decided the battle in favor of the then allied French and Piedmontese.

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