Battle of San Pietro
| Battle of San Pietro | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the Polish Succession | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 France Sardinia
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 Archduchy of Austria
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie François de Franquetot de Coigny
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Florimund Mercy † Frederick of Württemberg |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 60,000 men | 50,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 4,400 killed and wounded | 6,200 killed and wounded | ||||||
The Battle of San Pietro, also known as the Battle of Crocetta or the Battle of Parma was a battle fought on June 29, 1734, between troops of France and Sardinia on one side, and Habsburg Austrian troops on the other, as part of the War of Polish Succession, between the village of La Crocetta and the city of Parma, then in the Duchy of Parma. Austrian troops assaulted an entrenched Franco-Sardinian position, and were ultimately repulsed, due in part to the death of their commander, Florimund Mercy, and the wounding of his second in command, Frederick of Württemberg. Both sides suffered significant casualties in the battle, which lasted for most of the day.
Following the death in February 1733 of King Augustus II of Poland, European powers exerted diplomatic and military influence in the selection of his successor. Competing elections in August and October 1733 elected Stanisław Leszczyński and Frederick August, Elector of Saxony to be the next king. Stanisław was supported primarily by France, while Frederick August was supported by Russia and the Habsburg Emperor Charles VI. On October 10, France declared war on Austria and Saxony to draw military strength away from Poland, and shortly thereafter invaded both the Rhineland and the Habsburg territories in what is now northern Italt. The Italian campaign was conducted in conjunction with King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, to whom France had promised the Duchy of Milan in the Treaty of Turin, signed in September 1733.
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