Siege of Pizzighettone
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| Siege of Pizzighettone | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Polish Succession | |||||||
| File:SiegeOfPizzighetone1733.jpg An Italian military map depicting Pizzighettone and Gera, 1733 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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File:Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France Kingdom of Sardinia Kingdom of Sardinia | File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austria | ||||||
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| Duke of Villars | Graf Livingstein | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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15,000 infantry 4,000 cavalry | 3,700 men | ||||||
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The siege of Pizzighettone was the first major military engagement of the northern Italian campaigns of the War of the Polish Succession. Troops from France and the Kingdom of Sardinia began blockading the Habsburg Milanese fortress at Pizzighettone on 11 November 1733, commencing siege operations on 15 November. On 30 November the commander of the Austrian garrison negotiated a capitulation in which he promised to withdraw toward Mantua on 9 December if no relief arrived. As no reinforcements appeared by that time, the fortress' garrison withdrew with full honors on 9 December.
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