Giovanni Marchese di Provera

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Giovanni Marchese di Provera or Johann Provera served in the Habsburg Austrian army in Italy during the French Revolutionary Wars, rising to command a 9,000-man independent corps during the War of the First Coalition. Previously, he fought in the Seven Years' War, the War of the Bavarian Succession, and the Austro-Turkish War. In 1796–1797, Provera played a significant role in three Italian campaigns against the Republican French army of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Battles (5)

• 1796

  Battle of Caldiero

  French Revolutionary Wars · Habsburg monarchy

• 1796

  Battle of Millesimo

  War of the First Coalition · Kingdom of Sardinia

• 1796

  Battle of the Bridge of Arcole

  Napoleonic Wars · Habsburg monarchy

• 1797

  Battle of La Favorite

  Italian Campaign of 1796-1797 · Habsburg monarchy

• 1797

  Siege of Mantua

  War of the First Coalition · Austria