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Five months after repulsing the French at the Battle of Chieri (Chiari) in Lombardy, Prince Eugene of Savoy retook the offensive, moving westward with the Austrian army of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor to Cremona on the Po. On February 1, 1702, Eugene conducted a night attack that caught the French garrison, under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, completely by surprise. The Austrians stormed the city, capturing the Duc de Villeroi. The Battle of Chieri was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession that took place on September 1, 1701 between France and Austria. ... Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po Valley. ... Prince Eugen von Savoyen in a contemporary painting François-Eugène, Prince of Savoy-Carignan, known as Prinz Eugen von Savoyen in German (October 16, 1663 – April 24, 1736) was a noted general. ... Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I Habsburg (June 9, 1640 – May 5, 1705), Holy Roman emperor, was the second son of the emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife Maria Anna, daughter of Philip III of Spain. ... This article is about the city of Cremona. ... PO or po may stand for: the Po River in Italy Pô, the town in Burkina Faso Pô (département), part of the Napoleonic Empire Po, one of the Teletubbies. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Duc de Villeroi, engraving by Merian, 1695, the year he was made Captain of the Guards François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi (April 7, 1644 - July 18, 1730), French soldier, came of a noble family which had risen into prominence in the reign of Charles IX. His father Nicolas...

The wits of the army made at his expense the famous rhyme:

"Par la faveur de Bellone,
et par un bonheur sans égal,
Nous avons conservé Crémone
--et perdu notre général." In Greek mythology, Enyo (horror) was an ancient goddess known by the epithet Waster of Cities and frequently depicted as being covered in blood and carrying weapons of war. ...

The Austrians also captured other high-ranking French officers. 1,000 French soldiers were also killed in the attack. However, the citadel of Cremona held out. A relieving French army approached Cremona, and Eugene was forced to withdraw.

Sources

Eggenberger, David. A Dictionary of Battles (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967), p. 110