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Battle of Ceva
Part of the War of the First Coalition

Evacuation of the fortress of Ceva by the Sardinian army. Drawing by Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, 1802-1806.
Date16 April 1796
Location
Ceva, Piedmont (present day Italy)
44°23′N 08°02′E / 44.383°N 8.033°E / 44.383; 8.033
Result French victory
Belligerents
French First Republic France Kingdom of Sardinia Sardinia
Commanders and leaders
French First Republic Napoleon Bonaparte Kingdom of Sardinia Giuseppe Felice, Count Vital
Strength
7,908[1] 6,000[2]
Casualties and losses
600[2] over 150[3]

In the Battle of Ceva on 16 April 1796, troops of the First French Republic under General Pierre Augereau fought against part of the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont led by General Giuseppe Felice, Count Vital. Augereau assaulted the strong defensive position without success. At the direction of the Sardinian army commander, Feldmarschal-Leutnant Michelangelo Colli, Vital withdrew on the 17th in order to avoid being trapped by a second French division.

  1. ^ Fiebeger, p 8
  2. ^ a b Rickard, Battle of Ceva
  3. ^ Boycott-Brown, p 262

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