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The Battle of Castagnaro was fought on march 11, 1387 at Castagnaro
Castagnaro

Castagnaro is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italy region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 50 km southeast of Verona....
 (today's Veneto
Veneto

Veneto or Venetia , is one of the 20 Regions of Italy of Italy. Its population is about 4.8 million, and its capital is Venice. Once the cradle of the renowned Republic of Venice, then a land of mass emigration, Veneto is today among the wealthiest and most industrialized regions of Italy....
, northern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
) between Verona
Verona

Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, one of the seven provincial capitals in the region. It is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans....
 and Padua
Padua

Padua is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 ....
. It one of the most famous battles of the Italian condottieri
Condottieri

Condottieri were the mercenary soldier leaders of the professional, military Free company contracted by the Italian city-states and the Papacy, from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century....
 age.

The army of Verona was led by Giovanni Ordelaffi
Giovanni Ordelaffi

Giovanni Ordelaffi was a member of the noble family of Ordelaffi, the Lords of Forl?, in Italy, in the 14th and in the 15th centuries.Born in Forl?, he was a famous condottiero....
 and Ostasio da Polenta, while the victorious Padua
Padua

Padua is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 ....
ns were commanded by John Hawkwood
John Hawkwood

Sir John Hawkwood was an England mercenary or condottieri in 14th century Italy. The French chronicler Jean Froissart knew him as Haccoude and Italians as Giovanni Acuto....
 (Giovanni Acuto) and Francesco Novello Carraresi
Francesco Novello Carraresi

Francesco Novello da Carrara was Lord of Padua after his father, Francesco I da Carrara, renounced the lordship on June 29, 1388; he was a member of the family of Carraresi....
.

Castagnaro is hailed as Sir
Sir

Sir is an honorific used as a title and in several other modern contexts.It was once used as a courtesy title among equals, but in common usage it is now usually reserved for one of superior Command hierarchy or Social status, such as an educator or commanding officer, or in age ; as a form of address from a merchant to a customer; in for...
 John Hawkwood
John Hawkwood

Sir John Hawkwood was an England mercenary or condottieri in 14th century Italy. The French chronicler Jean Froissart knew him as Haccoude and Italians as Giovanni Acuto....
's greatest victory (per Geoffrey Trease
Geoffrey Trease

Geoffrey Trease was a prolific writer, publishing 113 books between 1934 and 1997 . His work has been translated into 20 languages. His grandfather was a historian, and was one of the main influences towards Trease's work....
, 'The Condottieri', 1971).






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The Battle of Castagnaro was fought on march 11, 1387 at Castagnaro
Castagnaro

Castagnaro is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italy region Veneto, located about 80 km southwest of Venice and about 50 km southeast of Verona....
 (today's Veneto
Veneto

Veneto or Venetia , is one of the 20 Regions of Italy of Italy. Its population is about 4.8 million, and its capital is Venice. Once the cradle of the renowned Republic of Venice, then a land of mass emigration, Veneto is today among the wealthiest and most industrialized regions of Italy....
, northern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
) between Verona
Verona

Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, one of the seven provincial capitals in the region. It is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans....
 and Padua
Padua

Padua is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 ....
. It one of the most famous battles of the Italian condottieri
Condottieri

Condottieri were the mercenary soldier leaders of the professional, military Free company contracted by the Italian city-states and the Papacy, from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century....
 age.

The army of Verona was led by Giovanni Ordelaffi
Giovanni Ordelaffi

Giovanni Ordelaffi was a member of the noble family of Ordelaffi, the Lords of Forl?, in Italy, in the 14th and in the 15th centuries.Born in Forl?, he was a famous condottiero....
 and Ostasio da Polenta, while the victorious Padua
Padua

Padua is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 ....
ns were commanded by John Hawkwood
John Hawkwood

Sir John Hawkwood was an England mercenary or condottieri in 14th century Italy. The French chronicler Jean Froissart knew him as Haccoude and Italians as Giovanni Acuto....
 (Giovanni Acuto) and Francesco Novello Carraresi
Francesco Novello Carraresi

Francesco Novello da Carrara was Lord of Padua after his father, Francesco I da Carrara, renounced the lordship on June 29, 1388; he was a member of the family of Carraresi....
.

Castagnaro is hailed as Sir
Sir

Sir is an honorific used as a title and in several other modern contexts.It was once used as a courtesy title among equals, but in common usage it is now usually reserved for one of superior Command hierarchy or Social status, such as an educator or commanding officer, or in age ; as a form of address from a merchant to a customer; in for...
 John Hawkwood
John Hawkwood

Sir John Hawkwood was an England mercenary or condottieri in 14th century Italy. The French chronicler Jean Froissart knew him as Haccoude and Italians as Giovanni Acuto....
's greatest victory (per Geoffrey Trease
Geoffrey Trease

Geoffrey Trease was a prolific writer, publishing 113 books between 1934 and 1997 . His work has been translated into 20 languages. His grandfather was a historian, and was one of the main influences towards Trease's work....
, 'The Condottieri', 1971). Following a Fabian
Fabian strategy

The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles are avoided in favor of wearing down an opponent through a attrition warfare. While avoiding decisive battles, the side employing this strategy harasses its enemy to cause attrition and loss of morale....
-like strategy
Strategy

A strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a particular Objective .Strategy is different from Tactic . In military terms, tactics is concerned with the conduct of an engagement while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked....
, Hawkwood goaded the Veronese into attacking him on a field of his own choosing, by laying waste to the Veronese lands nearby.

Drawing his forces up on the far side of a canal, and anchoring his right flank on a patch of woods, Hawkwood waited until the Veronese had committed to attacking across a ford of fascines piled up in the canal. Once so occupied, Hawkwood sprang his trap.

Hawkwood had left a copy of his standard
Standard

A technical standard is an established norm or requirement. It is usually a formal document that establishes uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, processes and practices....
 behind his forces, then had led his cavalry into the woods to his right. At a given signal - supposedly, a flaming arrow - the copy of his standard dropped, and Hawkwood's cavalry burst from the woods on the Veronese left, with his real standard in front. At the point of impact
Point of Impact

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, Hawkwood is said to have cast his commander's baton into the Veronese ranks and ordered his men to retrieve it for him.

Per Trease, it is said that Hawkwoods battle cry that day was a grim play on the Paduan war-cry of 'Carro!' - in Hawkwood's rendition, it became 'Carne!' ('Flesh!').