Sack of Brescia

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Sack of Brescia
Part of the War of the League of Cambrai
Date February 18, 1512
Location Brescia, Italy
Result French victory
Combatants
France Republic of Venice
Commanders
Gaston de Foix Unknown
Strength
12,000 Unknown
Casualties
Unknown, but heavy 8,000–15,000[1]
War of the League of Cambrai
Agnadello – Padua – Mirandola – Brescia – Ravenna – St. Mathieu – Novara – Guinegate – Flodden Field – La Motta – Marignano

The Sack of Brescia took place on February 18, 1512 during the War of the League of Cambrai. The city of Brescia had revolted against French control, garrisoning itself with Venetian troops. Gaston de Foix, recently arrived to command the French armies in Italy, ordered the city to surrender; when it refused, he attacked it. The French attack took place in a pouring rain, through a field of mud; Foix ordered his men to remove their shoes for better traction.[2] The defenders inflicted heavy casualties on the French, but were eventually overrun. The Gascon infantry and landsknechts then proceeded to thoroughtly sack the city, massacring thousands of civilians over the next five days. Following this, the city of Bergamo paid some 60,000 ducats to the French to avoid a similar fate.

  1. ^ Baumgartner, Louis XII, 220; Norwich, History of Venice, 421. Baumgartner gives 8,000 as a minimal estimate, while Norwich gives 15,000.
  2. ^ Baumgartner, Louis XII, 220.

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