There are two military events that are called Battle of Novara, fought next to Novara, Northern Italy: Novara is a city of northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. ...
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The Battle of Novara was a battle of the War of the League of Cambrai fought on June 6, 1513, near Novara, in Northern Italy.
The battle was particularly bloody, with 5,000 casualties (other sources states up to 10,000) on the French side, and moderate losses for the Swiss pikemen, mostly suffered from the French artillery as the Swiss moved into the attack.
Nevertheless, the battle is sometimes presented as one between the French and the Milanese.
Novara is a city of Piedmont, in North-west Italy, to the west of Milan.
It is the capital city of the province of Novara.
Founded in ancient times by Romans, Novara was the site of two important battles, the Battle of Novara (in 1513) in the War of the League of Cambrai and the Battle of Novara (in 1849) in the Italian Wars of Independence.