The Battle of Marengo was fought in Italy on June 14, 1800 as the decisive battle of the war of the Second Coalition. The Marengo plain is situated near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It resulted in a French victory under Napoleon Bonaparte against the Austrians under General Melas. The French General Desaix was killed in the battle.
A famous dish of braised chicken with onions and mushrooms in a wine and tomato sauce called Chicken Marengo is named after this battle.
External links
Gaspar Cugnac, Campagne de l'armée de réserve en 1800 (http://www.simmonsgames.com/research/authors/Cugnac/ArmeeReserve/index.html)
Alex. Berthier, Relation de la Bataille de Marengo (http://www.simmonsgames.com/research/authors/Berthier/RelationMarengo/index.html)
The Battle of Marengo was fought near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, north-western Italy on June 14, 1800 during the war of the Second Coalition.
However, the course of the battle was reversed by the return (in response to an urgent summons from Bonaparte) of previously detached forces under the French General Desaix.
The Battle of Marengo was the victory that sealed the success of Napoleon's Italian campaign of 1800 and is best understood in the context of that campaign see French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1800.
The French commander, however, was fortunate and two events occurred that swung the battle in his favour.
Secondly, the supremely talented General Louis Desaix had heard the cannons firing and had turned around his divisions and "marched to the sound of the guns".
Arriving back at the field of Marengo he approached Bonaparte and said that while the battle was lost, there was still time to win another.
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