The Battle of Cesenatico was a minor battle in the
Neapolitan War that took place on 23 April 1815 in the town of
Cesenatico
Cesenatico ( rgn, Ziznàtic) is a port town with about 26,000 inhabitants on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It is located in the province of Forlì-Cesena in the region of Emilia-Romagna, about south of Ravenna. Cesenatico's port canal was surv ...
on Adriatic coast.
The main Neapolitan army, commanded by their king,
Joachim Murat
Joachim Murat ( , also , ; it, Gioacchino Murati; 25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815) was a French military commander and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the ...
, was retreating to their original headquarters in
Ancona
Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic ...
following a string a defeats in northern Italy. The Neapolitans were being pursued by an Austrian corps under the command of
Adam Albert von Neipperg
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...
. During the evening of the 23 April, while a Neapolitan garrison of 3,000 men were stationed in the town, a small force of 600 Austrians
hussars and
jägers rushed the single stone bridge into the town. In the ensuing fighting, the Austrians brought out 200 prisoners with only minor casualties while inflicting moderate casualties on the garrison.
The following day, the rest of the Austrian advanced guard arrived at the town to find the Neapolitans had already left during the night.
Citations
References
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Further reading
*Capt. Batty
''An Historical Sketch of the Campaign of 1815'' London (1820)
Details of battle at Clash of Steel
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Conflicts in 1815
Battles of the Neapolitan War
Battles involving Austria
Battles involving the Kingdom of Naples
1815 in Italy
1815 in the Austrian Empire
April 1815 events
Battles in Emilia-Romagna