Sortie on Mestre | |||||||
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Part of the First Italian War of Independence | |||||||
![]() The Venetian sortie on Mestre, 1848 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
2,000-2,500 [2][5][9] mostly volunteers |
2,000-3,000 [2][10][11] austrian garrison | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
87 killed[12][13] 163 wounded[12][13] |
97 killed[6] 200 killed & wounded[3] 303 captured[6] 3 cannons lost[6][7] |
The sortie on Mestre occurred during the revolutionary year of 1848 on October 27.
Italian volunteers charged the Austrian fortification, took the town and withdrew, with the loot of three baggage-waggons, eight horses, large quantity of ammunition and the military chest,[14] back to the fort at Marghera.[4]
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