From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Chiari was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession that took place on September 1, 1701 between France and Austria.
Prince Eugene led an Imperial army from the Tyrol into Northern Italy. Crossing neutral Venetian territory, Prince Eugene outmaneuvered French marshal Nicolas Catinat at Carpi in Emilia. Catinat was replaced by Villeroi. When Prince Eugene moved northwest into Lombardy, Villeroi attacked him at Chiari on September 1, 1701. Prince Eugene occupied a strong position. After two hours of bloody fighting the French were repulsed, losing 3,000 men, to only 150 Austrian losses.
[edit] References
- ^ 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition, New York 1910, Vol.X, p.460: "The oriflamme and the Chape de St Martin were succeeded at the end of the 16th century, when Henry III., the last of the house of Valois, came to the throne, by the white standard powdered with fleurs-de-lis. This in turn gave place to the famous tricolour."George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The American Cyclopaedia, New York, 1874, p. 250, "...the standard of France was white, sprinkled with golden fleur de lis...". *[1]The original Banner of France was strewn with fleurs-de-lis.
[edit] Bibiliography
- Eggenberger, David. A Dictionary of Battles (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967), p. 93.
Habsburg Austria
[1] Kingdom of France
