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Battle of Tornavento

Battle of Tornavento
Part of Franco-Spanish War (1635)

The battle of Tornavento in a seventeenth-century graphic representation
Date22 June 1636
Location
Tornavento, near Oleggio and Lonate Pozzolo
(present-day Italy)
Result Franco-Savoyard victory [1]
Belligerents
 France
 Savoy		  Spain
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of France Charles de Créquy
Duchy of Savoy Victor Amadeus I		 Spain Marqués de Leganés
Strength

16,700[2]

  • Kingdom of France 6,000 infantry
  • Kingdom of France 1,200 cavalry
  • Duchy of Savoy 8,000 infantry
  • Duchy of Savoy 1,500 cavalry

14,500

  • 10,000 infantry[3]
  • 4,500 cavalry[4]
Casualties and losses
1,200+ killed[5]
1,000 wounded[6]		 1,300 killed[5]
1,000 wounded[5]

The Battle of Tornavento was fought in Northwest Italy on 22 June 1636, during the Thirty Years' War.

  1. ^ Thion p.134
  2. ^ Hanlon 2016, p. 83.
  3. ^ Hanlon 2016, p. 95.
  4. ^ Hanlon 2016, p. 85.
  5. ^ a b c Hanlon 2016, p. 136.
  6. ^ Hanlon 2016, p. 137.
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