First Battle Of Vicenza (1848)
In the first (20–21 May), second (23–24 May) and third (10–11 June) battles of Vicenza of 1848, the city, which had given its allegiance to the Republic of San Marco, was attacked and conquered by the Austrian Empire. This took place during the First Italian War of Independence amidst the Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states, revolutions of 1848. The city was defended by Giovanni Durando with volunteer troops and a contingent of the Swiss Guard from the Papal State. The attackers were under the personal command of Marshal Joseph Radetzky. First battle An Imperial Austrian Army (1806–1867), Austrian army under Count decamped from Treviso on the evening of 18 May. In response, Durando ordered volunteers from Padua brought to Vicenza by rail to join the civic guard. Crossing the Brenta (river), Brenta, the Austrians attempted to take Vicenza by force on 20 May. In the fighting in the suburb of , the Austrians lost 100 men from a Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croat bat ...
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