Battle of Marengo

The Battle of Marengo was a battle fought in 14 June, 1800 at the small town of Marengo in Italy between the French First Republic and Austria during the Napoleonic Wars.

History
The Battle of Marengo was one of Napoleon's greatest victories throughout his entire military career. Instead of lifting the siege of Genoa, he marched his armies towards Milan, cutting off the Austrian supply line and forcing them to face the French Army head on and abandon their siege. Both sides met at the small town of Marengo, a few miles north of Genoa. Initially, the outnumbered French Army was forced to retreat from the battlefield, but Napoleon returned with an even larger force a few hours later and proceeded to clobber the entire Austrian Army back to their original positions, despite being outnumbered. With the Austrian defeat at Marengo and another French victory at the Battle of Hohenlinden, Vienna was exposed and Francis II was forced to sign a peace treaty with France, effectively ending the War of the Second Coalition.

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