Skirmish of Pastrengo

Overview

The Skirmish of Pastrengo was fought between the Piedmontese and Austrian army on 30 April 1848, in the course of the First Italian War of Independence.

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Significance

The Skirmish of Pastrengo was an engagement between Piedmontese and Austrian forces on 30 April 1848, fought in the course of the First Italian War of Independence. Austrian casualties are recorded in a range of 147 to 400, against a Piedmontese force of 13,700 under Charles Albert facing an Austrian force of roughly 5,900. The engagement forms part of the broader Piedmontese campaign against Austrian control in northern Italy during the revolutionary year of 1848, though the recorded sources do not specify what operational outcome or territorial consequence followed from the skirmish.

Forces & casualties

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