Battle of Caldiero (1805)

Battle of Caldiero
Part of the War of the Third Coalition
Archduke Charles and staff at the Battle of Caldiero
Date 30 October 1805 Location Caldiero, present-day Italy Result French victory
Belligerents
French Empire	Hapsburg Empire
Commanders and leaders
André Masséna	Archduke Charles
Strength
33,000–49,000 23,600–33,000 engaged	49,200
Casualties and losses
3,729 total: 3,204 killed or wounded 525 captured	9,221 total: 503 killed 2,209 wounded 1,509 captured a further 5,000 captured at Cara Albertini

Coordinates: 45°25′26″N 11°11′26″E / 45.42389°N 11.19056°E / 45.42389; 11.19056

The Battle of Caldiero took place on October 30, 1805, pitting the French Armée d'Italie under Marshal André Masséna against an Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. The French engaged only a part of their forces, around 33,000 men, whilst Archduke Charles engaged the bulk of his army, 49,000 men, leaving out Paul Davidovich's corps to defend the lower Adige and Franz Seraph of Orsini-Rosenberg's corps to cover the Austrian right against any flanking maneuvers. The fighting took place at Caldiero, 15 kilometres east of Verona, in the War of the Third Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars.

By mid October, Marshal André Masséna, a seasoned French general, who had fought the Austrians in Lombardia before during the campaign of 1796–1797, was waiting for developments on the main theatre of operations in Bavaria. On 18 October, Masséna won a bridgehead on the east bank of the Adige River in the Battle of Verona. At dawn, the French launched their attack from Verona against Josef Philipp Vukassovich's division. After heavy fighting, the divisions of Guillaume Philibert Duhesme and Gaspard Amédée Gardanne cleared the town of San Giorgio and part of the heights of Veronetta. The French lost 77 dead and 246 wounded, while the Austrians suffered 246 killed and 906 wounded. Archduke Charles was so unhappy with Vukassovich's performance that he replaced him with Franz Seraph of Orsini-Rosenberg.

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