Early Modern era · 1746

Battle of Piacenza

The Battle of Piacenza or Battle of St. Lazaro (16 June 1746) was fought between an Austrian army and a Bourbon army near Piacenza, in Northern Italy during the War of the Austrian Succession. The Bourbon army consisted of a large Spanish force commanded by Jean Bonaventure du Mont, comte de Gages and a somewhat smaller French corps led by Jean-Baptiste Francois des Marets, marquis de Maillebois.

Battle of Piacenza
Battle of Piacenza · Karl von Blaas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
16 Jun 1746
Where
Piacenza
Era
Early Modern

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