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COMMANDER // d. 1824

Philipp Pittoni

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c. 1791 – 1824

179518001805181018151820French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802Battle of Voltri — April 10, 1796 · Habsburg Austria · French Revolutionary Wars

Active service 1796 — 1 battle across 1 war.

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Philipp Pittoni Freiherr von Dannenfeld, fought in the army of Habsburg Austria during the French Revolutionary Wars. Promoted to general officer in 1795, he was a brigade commander in northwestern Italy at the time when Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed to lead the opposing French Army of Italy. Pittoni led one of the two main columns at Voltri in April 1796. At Borghetto in May, he unsuccessfully defended the bridge. He led a brigade at Castiglione in August and at Second Bassano and Arcole in November 1796. At the beginning of the Italian campaign of 1796–1797, Pittoni von Dannenfeld was in his 70s. He retired from service the following year (1797) and died at Gorizia in 1824.

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