Battle of San Giorgio

Battle of San Giorgio
	Part of the Italian campaign of 1796–1797 during the War of the First Coalition
	; General Bonaparte and his staff observing Austrian prisoners by Édouard Detaille (1883)
Date	14–15 September 1796
Location	San Giorgio, near Mantua, Italy45°10′00″N 10°45′00″E / 45.16667°N 10.75000°E
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Habsburg monarchy
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte; Jean Lannes	Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser
Strength
20,000	14,000
Casualties and losses
1,500	2,500 killed or wounded; 3,000 captured
	Location within Northern Italy Battle of San Giorgio (Europe)

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The Battle of San Giorgio was fought on 14–15 September 1796 between French forces of the Army of Italy under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian troops commanded by Field Marshal Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser. The engagement took place east of Mantua during the Italian campaign of 1796–1797 of the War of the First Coalition.

The French victory forced Wurmser’s army to retreat into Mantua, where it became trapped and subjected to a prolonged siege, marking the failure of Austria’s second attempt to relieve the fortress.