Battle of Campo Santo

Battle of Campo Santo
	Part of the War of the Austrian Succession
	; Action by the Panaro River at Campo Santo, 1743
Date	8 February 1743
Location	Camposanto, Italy44°47′41″N 11°08′44″E / 44.7946071°N 11.1456743°E
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
Habsburg Austria; Kingdom of Sardinia;	Kingdom of Spain
Commanders and leaders
Graf von Traun; Count Aspremont;	Comte de Gages
Strength
11,000 total; 12,000 total; --9,000 infantry; --3,000 cavalry; --25 guns;	13,000 total; 14,000 total; --11,400 infantry; --2,600 cavalry; --12 guns;
Casualties and losses
397 dead; 1,153 wounded & captured, 4 guns;	1,755 dead; 1,307 wounded; 824 captured;
	Location within Italy

The Battle of Campo Santo (8 February 1743) was fought outside Camposanto, Italy, during the War of the Austrian Succession. A Spanish army under Jean Thierry du Mont, comte de Gages faced a combined Austrian–Sardinian force led by Otto Ferdinand, Graf von Abensperg und Traun. Gages invaded the Duchy of Modena and Reggio by crossing the Panaro River but was brought to battle by Traun's army. The Spanish cavalry won an initial success but failed to capitalize on it. Traun earned acclaim by his brisk handling of the battle and by forcing Gages to recross the Panaro at the end of the day. Both sides claimed victory, but the Spanish suffered significantly greater losses and abandoned Bologna to their opponents several weeks later.