Battle of Novara | |||||||||
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Part of the War of the League of Cambrai | |||||||||
![]() Illustration of the Battle of Novara in the chronicle of Johannes Stumpf, 1548 | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Kingdom of France |
Duchy of Milan Old Swiss Confederacy | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Louis de la Trémoille | Maximilian Sforza | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
1,200–1,400 cavalry[2] 600 Light horse[2] 20,000 infantry (6,000 Landsknechte)[3] | 11,000[2]–20,000[4] Swiss pikemen | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
5,000+ casualties | 1,500 dead |
The Battle of Novara (also known as the battle of Ariotta[5]) was a battle of the War of the League of Cambrai fought on 6 June 1513, near Novara, in Northern Italy. A French attacking force was routed by allied Milanese–Swiss troops. As a consequence, France was forced to withdraw entirely from Italy.