Early Modern era · 1706
Battle of Castiglione
The Battle of Castiglione took place near Castiglione delle Stiviere in Lombardy, Italy on 9 September 1706 during the War of the Spanish Succession. A French army of 12,000 attacked a Hessian corps of 10,000 that was besieging the town and forced them to retreat with heavy losses.
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- When
- 8 Sept 1706
- Where
- Castiglione delle Stiviere
- Era
- Early Modern
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Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Castiglione (1706), CC BY-SA 4.0