This article is about the 1495 battle. For the later one, see Battle of Seminara (1503).
Battle of Seminara
Part of the First Italian War
Ferdinand II of Naples in peril at the height of the battle, only to be saved by a nobleman. Illustration by an unknown 19th century artist.
Date
28 June 1495
Location
Seminara, Kingdom of Naples
Result
French victory
Belligerents
France
Spain Kingdom of Naples
Commanders and leaders
Bernard d'Aubigny
Ferdinand II of Naples
Gonzalo de Cordoba[1]
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The Battle of Seminara, part of the First Italian War, was fought in Calabria on 28 June 1495 between a French garrison in recently conquered Southern Italy and the allied forces of Spain and Naples which were attempting to reconquer these territories. Against the redoubtable combination of gendarmes and Swiss mercenary pikemen in the French force, the allies had only Neapolitan troops of indifferent quality and a small corps of lightly-armed Spanish soldiers, accustomed to fighting the Moors of Spain. The result was a rout, and much of the fighting centered on delaying actions to permit the fleeing allied force to escape.
The battle is notable primarily because it is often cited as the prime reason for the reorganization of the Spanish army,[2][3] which brought about widespread adoption of firearms in pike and shot formations, one of the milestones of the "Military Revolution."
^Stewart 1975, p. 30.
^Keegan & Wheatcroft 1996, p. 63.
^Pohl 2001, p. 17.
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