Michelangelo Colli

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Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi or Michelangelo da Vigevano or Michael Colli entered the Habsburg Austrian army as a commissioned officer and became a general officer after fighting in the Seven Years' War, War of the Bavarian Succession, and Austro-Turkish War. During the War of the First Coalition, he was loaned to the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont for three years. In 1796, his army was defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte in a swift campaign that knocked Sardinia-Piedmont out of the war. In early 1797, he was given command of the army of the Papal States, but his troops were defeated at Faenza.

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Battles (3)

• 1795

  Battle of Loano

  War of the First Coalition · Habsburg Austria

• 1796

  Battle of Mondovì

  French Revolutionary Wars · Sardinia

• 1797

  Battle of Faenza

  War of the First Coalition · Papal States