Battle of Ceva

Battle of Ceva
Part of the War of the First Coalition
Evacuation of the fortress of Ceva by the Sardinian army. Drawing by Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti, 1802-1806.
Date 16 April 1796 Location Ceva, Piedmont (present day Italy) 44°23′N 08°02′E / 44.383°N 8.033°E / 44.383; 8.033 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Sardinia
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon Bonaparte	Giuseppe Felice, Count Vital
Strength
7,908[1]	6,000[2]
Casualties and losses
600[2]	over 150[3]

In the Battle of Ceva on 16 April 1796, troops of the First French Republic under General Pierre Augereau fought against part of the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont led by General Giuseppe Felice, Count Vital. Augereau assaulted the strong defensive position without success. At the direction of the Sardinian army commander, Feldmarschal-Leutnant Michelangelo Colli, Vital withdrew on the 17th in order to avoid being trapped by a second French division.