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Battle of Santa Lucia

1848 Battle in the First Italian War of Independence

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1848 Battle in the First Italian War of Independence

Field	Value
conflict	Battle of Santa Lucia
partof	the First Italian War of Independence
image	Bayot lith. - Battaglia di Santa Lucia - Parigi - litografia - ca. 1850.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Battle of Santa Lucia
date	6 May 1848
place	Santa Lucia, Verona, Lombardy-Venetia
result	Austrian victory
combatant1	Kingdom of Sardinia
combatant2	Austrian Empire
commander1	Carlo Alberto of Savoy
commander2	Josef Radetzky
strength1	33,000 infantry
8,500 cavalry
82 cannon
strength2	33,000 infantry
9,000 cavalry
84 field artillery
192 fortification cannon
casualties1	110 dead
776 wounded
casualties2	72 dead
190 wounded
87 prisoners

Crown Prince Franz Joseph 8,500 cavalry 82 cannon 9,000 cavalry 84 field artillery 192 fortification cannon 776 wounded 190 wounded 87 prisoners The Battle of Santa Lucia, part of the First Italian War of Independence, was an engagement between Sardinian and Austrian forces in Verona, Italy. It was fought on 6 May 1848, when the King of Sardinia, Carlo Alberto, sent the I Corps of the Sardinian army to assault the fortified positions held before the walls of Verona by the Austrian army under field marshal Josef Radetzky. The Austrian army, though outnumbered, managed to withstand the attack and hold their positions. The battle is named after the Santa Lucia district of Verona. Franz Joseph (then only 17 years old) assisted in the battle.

Background

Scope of hostilities

On 18 March 1848, the city of Milan began an insurrection against the Austrian Empire known later as the Five Days of Milan. The commander of the Lombard–Venetian army, field marshal Josef Radetzky, was unsure how to quell it and was forced to abandon the fierce fighting of the city. At the same time, the garrisons of Como and several other cities in Lombardy–Venetia defected to the insurgents.

Battle of Pastrengo

Main article: Battle of Pastrengo

Austrian strategic weakness

Radetzky's impasse

Assembled inside Verona there was still a considerable force, protected by valid fortifications: however, Austrian troops were demotivated after the first defeats (excepting the victory of 11 April over ill-equipped Lombard volunteers nearly Castelnuovo Castelnuovo del Garda, followed by the killings of nearly 113 civilians). In addition, the possibility of receiving help from General Nugent's troops through Isonzo was barricaded by the presence of Italian rebels in Palmanova, Osoppo and Venice. To make Radetzky situation even worse, political situation after repression of Austrian Revolution led many observers to doubt about the field-marshal's capacity in maintaining order, and he was labeled as a conservative monarchist by public liberal opinion.

Advance

Advance begins on 6 May, hampered by Sardinians' little knowledge of territory, and only the central column reached enemy (while on right, Bava divisions lost contact with the rest of Sardinian army).

References

G. Solinas. ''Storia di Verona''. Verona, Centro Rinascita, 1981. p.420
[[Carlo Cattaneo]], Considerazioni sul 1848, 1949, Einaudi, Torino.

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