Battle of Lodi

Battle of Lodi
	Part of the Italian campaign of 1796–1797
	; The Battle of Lodi ; Louis-François Lejeune, 1804
Date	10 May 1796
Location	Lodi, present-day Italy45°19′09″N 9°30′32″E / 45.3192°N 9.5089°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Habsburg monarchy
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte; Louis-Alexandre Berthier; Claude Dallemagne; André Masséna; Marc Antoine de Beaumont; Michel Ordener; Jean Lannes;	Karl Sebottendorf; Josef Philipp Vukassovich; Gerhard Rosselmini;
Strength
15,500 infantry; 2,000 cavalry; 30 guns;	9,500; 14 guns;
Casualties and losses
At least 350	335 killed or wounded; 1,700 captured; 16 guns;
	Location within Northern Italy Battle of Lodi (Europe)

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The Battle of Lodi was fought on 10 May 1796 between French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian rear guard led by Karl Philipp Sebottendorf at Lodi, Lombardy. With a flanking maneuver and a bold assault, Napoleon's troops took the bridge at Lodi. The rear guard was defeated, but the main body of Johann Peter Beaulieu's Austrian Army had time to retreat. It occurred as part of the Italian campaign of 1796–1797.