Combat of Gavi (1799)

Combat of Gavi
Part of the Italian campaigns during the war of the Second Coalition

Gavi – panorama
Date17 August 1799
Location
Gavi, Piedmont, Northern Italy
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire French Republic
Commanders and leaders
Andrei Rosenberg
Maxim Rehbinder
Casualties and losses
5 killed, 17 wounded Heavy, incl. 130 captured

The combat of Gavi was fought to no strategic avail on the morning of 17 August (O.S. 6 Aug.) 1799 during the Second Coalition war, in pursuit of the defeated French army after the battle of Novi. The combat included Rosenberg's Russian vanguard, under Rehbinder's command. In the combat, the Russians managed to push the French back towards Gavi.


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