Battle of La Favorita

Battle of La Favorita
	Part of the Italian campaign of 1796–1797 during the War of the First Coalition
	; Battle of La Favorita, engraving by Carle Vernet
Date	15–16 January 1797
Location	Villa La Favorita, near Mantua, Italy45°09′09″N 10°47′28″E / 45.15250°N 10.79111°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Habsburg monarchy
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte; André Masséna; Claude Victor-Perrin; Jean Sérurier	Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser; Giovanni Marchese di Provera (POW)
Strength
28,000 in total;	16,000–19,000
Casualties and losses
1,200 killed or wounded	1,300 killed or wounded; 8,700 captured, 40 guns
	Location within Northern Italy Battle of La Favorita (Europe)

War of the First Coalition:
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The Battle of La Favorita was fought on 15–16 January 1797 between French forces of the Army of Italy under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian troops commanded by Field Marshal Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser and General Giovanni Provera. The engagement took place east of Mantua during the final phase of the Italian campaign of 1796–1797.

The French victory eliminated the last Austrian attempt to relieve Mantua, sealing the fate of the fortress and effectively ending organized Habsburg resistance in northern Italy.