Battle of Bassano | |||||||
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Part of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
![]() Bonaparte after the Battle of Bassano, by Horace Vernet (1848) | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
20,000 | 20,000[1][2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
400 killed, wounded or missing |
600 killed or wounded, 6,000 captured, 30 cannons, 8 standards | ||||||
Location within Europe |
The Battle of Bassano was fought on 8 September 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, in the territory of the Republic of Venice, between a French army under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces led by Count Dagobert von Wurmser. The engagement occurred during the second Austrian attempt to raise the siege of Mantua. It was a French victory; however, it was the last battle in Napoleon's perfect military career as two months later he would be defeated at the Second Battle of Bassano, ending his victorious streak. The Austrians abandoned their artillery and baggage, losing supplies, cannons, and battle standards to the French.