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Battle of Arcole
The Battle of Arcole (15-17 November 1796), or Arcola, was a three-day battle fought between Napoleon Bonaparte's French Army of Italy and an Austrian army under József Alvinczi. Part of Napoleon's Italian Campaign, the battle foiled Austria's...
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Battle of Arcole
General Napoleon Bonaparte leads his soldiers across the bridge at the Battle of Arcole (17 November 1796). Oil on canvas painting by Horace Vernet, 1826.
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Map of the Battle of Arcole, November 1796
This antique French map illustrates the Battle of Arcole, fought on November 15–17, 1796, and won by Napoleon’s Army of Italy. Drawn by A. L. J. Baralle and engraved by Vicq, it features a precise scale in toises and detailed troop movements...
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Initial Phase of the Arcole Campaign
A map depicting the initial phase of the Arcole campaign, showing the advances of Alvinczi and Davidovich and the Battle of San Michele, the Second Battle of Bassano, and the Battle of Calliano.
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Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcole
Famous painting of a young Napoleon Bonaparte carrying the flag at the Battle of Arcole, during his Italian campaign. Oil on canvas by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1796.
Palace of Versailles.
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Bonaparte Leading the Charge at Arcole, 15 November 1796
General Napoleon Bonaparte leading the charge over the bridge on the first day of the Battle of Arcole (15 November 1796). Illustration from John Clark Ridpath's Ridpath’s History of the World, 1901.
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Battle of Rivoli
The Battle of Rivoli (14-15 January 1797) was the climactic battle of Napoleon's Italian Campaign of 1796-97. A fourth and final attempt by the Austrian army to relieve the siege of Mantua was thwarted by Napoleon Bonaparte's Army of Italy...
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain, dated 10 July to 31 October, 1940 by the UK Air Ministry, was an air battle between the German Luftwaffe and British Royal Air Force and allies during the Second World War (1939-45). The Luftwaffe failed to achieve...
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Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between Greek and Persian forces in the Saronic Gulf, Greece in September 480 BCE. The Greeks had recently lost the Battle of Thermopylae and drawn the naval Battle at Artemision, both in August 480...
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Battle of the Metaurus
The Battle of the Metaurus (207 BCE) was a military engagement fought between the forces of Rome under Gaius Claudius Nero (c. 237 - c. 199 BCE), Marcus Livius Salinator (254-204 BCE), and L. Porcius Licinius and the Carthaginians under Hasdrubal...