French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.

Battle of Bassano

1796 battle during the War of the First Coalition

The Battle of Bassano was fought on 8 September 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, in the territory of the Republic of Venice, between a French army under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces led by Count Dagobert von Wurmser. The engagement occurred during the second…