Battle of Veillane | |||||||
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Part of War of the Mantuan Succession | |||||||
The Battle of Avigliana by Jacques Callot | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France |
Spain Savoy | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Henri II de Montmorency | Carlo Doria | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
10,000 to 12,000 | 18,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
400 killed and wounded | 1,000 killed and wounded |
The Battle of Veillane (or the Battle of Avigliana) was fought on 10 July 1630 between a French army under the command of Henri II de Montmorency and a Spanish army under the command of Don Carlo Doria. The result was a French victory. [1] [2]
During the war of the Mantuan Succession, Cardinal Richleu sent a French army under the command of Montmorency to invade Savoy to attempt to influence the Mantuan succession. [2] This was the cause casus belli but his primary motive was to force Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy from his alliance the Habsburgs ( Philip IV of Spain and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor) and hence sever the land link between Habsburg lands in Italy and those in Germany and the Spanish Netherlands. [3]
The French commander, General Montmorency, led the royal gendarmes in a charge across a ditch, capturing Doria with his own hand and reportedly fighting like a common soldier until the Spanish withdrawal from the field. [4] The French inflicted about 700 on the enemy and captured 600. [2]
Although this victory did not prevent Savoy and its allies from capturing Mantua a week later, [2] the French victory was followed by the raising of the siege of Casal and the taking of Saluzzo. For his achievements during the Piedmont Campaign Montmorency was appointed a Marshal of France later the same year. [4] [5]
The outcome of the Piedmont Campaign reversed earlier French strategic losses and the Treaty of Cherasco signed in 1631 was largely favourable to France. [3]
Battle of Veillane | |||||||
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Part of War of the Mantuan Succession | |||||||
The Battle of Avigliana by Jacques Callot | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France |
Spain Savoy | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Henri II de Montmorency | Carlo Doria | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
10,000 to 12,000 | 18,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
400 killed and wounded | 1,000 killed and wounded |
The Battle of Veillane (or the Battle of Avigliana) was fought on 10 July 1630 between a French army under the command of Henri II de Montmorency and a Spanish army under the command of Don Carlo Doria. The result was a French victory. [1] [2]
During the war of the Mantuan Succession, Cardinal Richleu sent a French army under the command of Montmorency to invade Savoy to attempt to influence the Mantuan succession. [2] This was the cause casus belli but his primary motive was to force Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy from his alliance the Habsburgs ( Philip IV of Spain and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor) and hence sever the land link between Habsburg lands in Italy and those in Germany and the Spanish Netherlands. [3]
The French commander, General Montmorency, led the royal gendarmes in a charge across a ditch, capturing Doria with his own hand and reportedly fighting like a common soldier until the Spanish withdrawal from the field. [4] The French inflicted about 700 on the enemy and captured 600. [2]
Although this victory did not prevent Savoy and its allies from capturing Mantua a week later, [2] the French victory was followed by the raising of the siege of Casal and the taking of Saluzzo. For his achievements during the Piedmont Campaign Montmorency was appointed a Marshal of France later the same year. [4] [5]
The outcome of the Piedmont Campaign reversed earlier French strategic losses and the Treaty of Cherasco signed in 1631 was largely favourable to France. [3]