Battle of Bosco Marengo
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| Battle of Bosco Marengo | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ambrosian Republic |
.svg/15px-Blason_duche_fr_Orleans_(ancien).svg.png){kind=small} Duke of Orleans |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| Bartolomeo Colleoni | Renaud Du Dresnay | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2.200 Cavalry 1.500 Infantry[2] |
2.200 Cavalry[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 500 dead or wounded[4] | 1.500 dead or wounded 300 Captured, including Du Dresnay[5] |
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The Battle of Bosco Marengo was fought in the forests near Marengo on the 18th of October 1447 between a French army of the Duke of Orleans and a Lombard army of the Ambrosian Republic.
The Lombard condottiero Bartolomeo Colleoni led the Ambrosian forces to victory over the French.
Today, a Commemorative plaque, on a wall of the Sforza Castle reminds of this battle.
[edit] References
- Belotti, Bortolo. La vita di Bartolomeo Colleoni. Bergamo: 1951.
- Frigeni, Mariana (1985). Il Condottiero, Vita, avventure e battaglie di Bartolomeo Colleoni. Milan: Longanesi.
