Battle of Rivoli

Battle of Rivoli
	Part of the Italian campaign of 1796–1797
	; Napoleon at the Battle of Rivoli ; Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, 1844
Date	14 January 1797
Location	Rivoli Veronese, Republic of Venice45°34′00″N 10°49′00″E / 45.5667°N 10.8167°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Habsburg monarchy
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte; Barthélemy Joubert; André Masséna; Jean Lannes; Gabriel Venance Rey; Louis-Alexandre Berthier; Charles Leclerc; Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle;	József Alvinczi; Joseph Ocskay von Ocsko; Anton Lipthay de Kisfalud; Franz Joseph, Marquis de Lusignan; Heinrich XV, Prince Reuss of Greiz; Peter von Quosdanovich; Josef Philipp Vukassovich;
Strength
22,000	28,000
Casualties and losses
3,200–5,000; • 3,200 killed and wounded; • 1,000 captured;	12,000–14,300; • 4,000 killed and wounded; • 8,000–10,000 captured; 40 guns captured
	Location within Northern Italy Battle of Rivoli (Europe)

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The Battle of Rivoli (14 January 1797) was a key military engagement during the War of the First Coalition near the village of Rivoli, then part of the Republic of Venice. In the climax of the Italian campaign of 1796–1797, the outnumbered French Army of Italy, commanded by General Napoleon Bonaparte, decisively defeated the attacking Austrian army led by General of the Artillery József Alvinczi. Alvinczi was attempting to march south in a fourth and final effort to relieve the siege of Mantua, despite his deteriorating health. The French victory at Rivoli demonstrated Bonaparte's capability and deftness as a military commander. The French victory also led to the Austrian surrender of Mantua in February, French consolidation of northern Italy, and ultimately France's victory over Austria in the war later that year.