Battle of Montenotte [SEP] end time
Battle of Montenotte
The Battle of Montenotte was fought on 12 April 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, between the French army under General Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian corps under Count Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau. The French won the battle, which was fought near the village of Cairo Montenotte in the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont. The modern town is located in the northwestern part of Italy. On 11 April, Argenteau led 3,700 men in several assaults against a French mountaintop redoubt but failed to take it. By the morning
fought at the First Battle of Wissembourg on 13 October. He won promotion to General-Major on 20 February 1794. He held the noble title of Ritter.
During the Montenotte Campaign in April 1796, Rosselmini commanded a brigade in Johann Beaulieu's army. At the end of March, his battalions lay in their winter quarters at Lodi, far from the front. Consequently, he did not participate in any of the early battles. During the retreat behind the Po River, he covered the army's flank by initially