Battle of Bassignano

{{Campaignbox War of the Austrian Succession: Italy}} The '''Battle of Bassignana''' was fought in the Italian campaign of the [[War of the Austrian Succession]] on September 27, 1745. It resulted in a victory for the combined armies of France and Spain over Austria and the [[Kingdom of Sardinia]]. The [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] armies, finally united after a two-year campaign, won through a maneuver that fooled 25,000 Austrian troops to head towards [[Piacenza]] and leave their Sardinian allies isolated. The Sardinians were then overwhelmed and beaten. The [[Battle of Piacenza]] in the following year turned back the French and the Spanish and erased the effects of Bassignano. ==External links== *[http://www.voltaire-integral.com/Html/15/10PREC20.html#i11 Success won by Marshal Maiilebois and Don Infante Philip, followed by greater disasters] from [[Voltaire]]'s histories {{coord missing|Italy}}