At the start of this battle, an advance guard approached a brook near Ceriolo Castle under the command of Andreas O'Reilly.  
At the start of this battle, an advance guard approached a brook near Ceriolo Castle under the command of Andreas O'Reilly.  Across the Fontanone was Gaspard Gardanne, who eventually gave way and forced the ultimate victors of this battle to retreat to San Giuliano, where Franz Lattermann's grenadiers fell to Kellermann's calvary and allowed Anton Zach to be captured.  Earlier, Zach had been given overall command after Michael von Melas was wounded here and delegated what seemed to have been a complete victory. Also killed in the battle was Louis Desaix, who had led the counterattack.  An early success for the French First Consul, FTP, name this victory of Napoleon in 1800 over the Austrians near Piedmont which drove them out of Northern Italy.
At the start of this battle, an advance guard approached a brook near Ceriolo Castle under the command of Andreas O'Reilly.  
Battle of {Marengo}