CASUALTY RECORD // June 10, 1848
Battle of Monte Berico
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 140–1,655 estimated
Австрийская империя
140–1,655
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Monte Berico was one of three Austrian assaults on Vicenza during the First Italian War of Independence in 1848. The city had declared allegiance to the Republic of San Marco, making it a strategic objective for the Austrian Empire. Marshal Joseph Radetzky personally commanded the Austrian forces, underscoring the importance Vienna attached to reducing the city's resistance. The garrison, led by Giovanni Durando and composed of volunteer troops alongside a contingent of the Swiss Guard from the Papal State, repulsed the first two Austrian attacks before being overcome in the third. The eventual Austrian conquest of Vicenza was a setback for the broader Italian independence movement, demonstrating the limits of volunteer and irregular forces against a professional imperial army even when defending prepared positions. The fall of the city reinforced Austrian control over the Veneto and curtailed the viability of the Republic of San Marco.
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