Siege of Pizzighettone explained

Conflict:Siege of Pizzighettone
Partof:the War of the Polish Succession
Date:11 November – 9 December 1733
Place:near Pizzighettone, then in the Duchy of Milan, present-day Italy
Result:Franco-Sardinian victory
Combatant1:
Kingdom of Sardinia
Combatant2: Austria
Commander1:Duke of Villars
Commander2:Graf Livingstein
Strength1:15,000 infantry
4,000 cavalry
Strength2:3,700 men

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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