Raid on Quistello

Raid on Quistello
Part of the War of the Polish Succession

Crossing the Secchia on 15 September 1734
Date15 September 1734
Location
Quistello – San Benedetto, northern Italy
Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
 France
 Sardinia		 Austria
Commanders and leaders
Charles Emmanuel III
François de Broglie		 Dominik von Königsegg
Frederick of Württemberg
Strength
40,000 20,000
Casualties and losses
  • 7,100
  •  • 1,100 dead or wounded
  •  • 6,000 missing or captured
  • 900
  •  • 800 dead or wounded
  •  • 100 missing or captured

The Raid on Quistello was a raid and meeting engagement in which the Austrians encountered the Piedmontese and French during the War of the Polish Succession on 15 September 1734. The military engagement took place in the area between Quistello and San Benedetto Val di Sambro in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, on the left bank of the Secchia, about 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of Guastalla. Historian Gaston Bodart also referred to it as the Treffen bei Quistello, 'Battle of Quistello'.

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