 Battle of Assietta

The Battle of Assietta was a significant engagement during the War of the Austrian Succession between a French force of 25,000 men under the command of Louis Charles Armand Fouquet against a Sardinian force of 15,000 men under the command of Giovanni Bricherasio, with the battle concluding with the Sardinians repelling all French attacks, and killing Fouquet in the battle.The siege was part of the Italian campaign of the War of the Austrian Succession, with the Habsburg and the Bourbons contesting domination over Northern Italy and the various Italian states.