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Battle of Novi (1799)
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| Part of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
 Alexander Kotzebue. Battle of Novi |
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 France |
 AustriaRussia |
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| Barthélemy Catherine Joubert † | Alexander Suvorov | ||||||
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| 34,930 | 51,547 | ||||||
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| 12,000 killed and wounded, 4,600 prisoners, 37 guns, 28 powder transports |
8,200 killed, wounded & missing | ||||||
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| 1st Stockach – Cassano – Montebello – Trebbia – Novi – Bergen – Castricum – Genoa – 2nd Stockach – Marengo – Höchstädt – Hohenlinden – Copenhagen – Algeciras
Swiss Campaign |
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| 1st Dego – Millesimo – Montenotte – 2nd Dego – Mondovì – Lodi – Castiglione – Bassano – Rovereto – Arcole – Rivoli – Cassano – Trebbia – Novi – Genoa – Montebello – Marengo – Pozzolo |
The Battle of Novi was a battle near Novi Ligure, Italy. It was fought on August 15, 1799 in the French Revolutionary Wars. The Austrians and Russians under Fieldmarshal Alexander Suvorov defeated the French under General Barthelemy Catherine Joubert.
In 1799, Second Coalition forces had defeated French troops in Italy, left by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign. After the defeat at the Battle of Cassano, French and Cisalpine Italian troops retreated into the Ligurian Republic for a final resistance on the plateau immediately South of the town of Novi, a few miles to the Southeast of Marengo.
On 15 August, the Austro-Russian army, led by Suvorov, attacked French positions. In the early moments of the battle, Joubert died, shot in a skirmish line action, but the French resisted the Austrian attack and counter-attacked. The battle is characterized by several coalition attacks, repelled by French forces, until afternoon, when a final blow ordered by Suvorov caused the French to retreat in disorder through the mountains to the Ligurian coast.
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