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May 6, 1848:             Battle of Santa Lucia 

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May 6, 1848:             Battle of Santa Lucia 

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The battle of Santa Lucia was an episode in the First Italian War of Independence. On 6 May 1848, when the king of Sardinia, Carlo Alberto, sent I Corps of the Sardinian army to assault the fortified positions held before the walls of Verona by the Austrian army under field marshal Josef Radetzky. The Austrian army, though outnumbered, managed to withstand the attack and hold their positions. The battle is named after the Santa Lucia district of Verona. Franz Joseph assisted at the battle.

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This battle was fought between the Piedmontese and the Austrian army on 30 May 1848, in the course of the First Italian War of Independence. The Piedmontese army won the battle, as the Austrians were unable to break through to relieve the siege of Peschiera and prevent its surrender which happened on the day before the battle.

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March 22, 1849 – March 23, 1849 :                                  Battle of Novara

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March 22, 1849 – March 23, 1849 :                                  Battle of Novara

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This battle was one of the battles fought between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia during the First Italian War of Independence. It resulted in a severe defeat and retreat of the Sardinian army. It was fought at Novara, 28 miles (45 km) west of Milan. 70,000 Austrian troops under Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky thoroughly defeated 100,000 poorly trained Italian troops under Charles Albert, king of Sardinia-Piedmont.

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The first battle, on July 24, 1848, was a crushing defeat for the forces of Charles Albert which was the  king of Sardinia-Piedmont.The city of Milan launched an uprising against Austrian occupation. Charles Albert supported the Milanese revolt and declared war on Austria. Venice also declared its independence from Austria.

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March 23,1848 – March 24, 1849:                   First Italian War of Independence

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March 23,1848 – March 24, 1849:                   First Italian War of Independence

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The war saw major battles at Custoza and Novara in which the Austrians under Joseph Radetzky attained victory. The war was part of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states, which generally saw the reactionary forces triumphant and many rebels forced into exile.

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March 18, 1848:            The Five Days of Milan

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March 18, 1848:            The Five Days of Milan

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A major event in the Revolutions of 1848.          It began the 1st Italian War of Independence. A rebellion arose in the city of Milan, and in five days of street fighting drove Marshal Radetzky and his Austrian soldiers from the city.