2-3 May 1815 marks the Battle of Tolentino in the Neapolitan War when Field Marshal Lieutenant Baron Federico Bianchi’s 10,308 Imperial Austrian Army* infantry
2-3 May 1815 marks the Battle of Tolentino in the Neapolitan War when Field Marshal Lieutenant Baron Federico Bianchi’s 10,308 Imperial Austrian Army* infantry, 1,167 cavalry, 463 gunners & 28 guns defeated King Joachim Murat’s 21,019 Neapolitan infantry, 3,686 cavalry, 1,184 gunners & 58 guns. The victory led to the Treaty of Casalanza, ending the French Kingdom of Naples & returning King Ferdinando IV to power. It was Murat’s final battle before his execution. Murat’s army wasn’t equal to its commander. It was perhaps the worst in Europe. It had been repeatedly defeated & driven southeast. In the process, 2 Austrian armies got separated in the mountains. Murat hoped to destroy each separately. He planned to face Bianchi at Tolentino. Afterward, he would destroy FML Count Adam Albert von Neipperg's army. He sent a small force to delay Neipperg. His main force deployed at Tolentino. On 29 April, the Hungarian Herceg KormΓ‘nyzΓ³ HuszΓ‘rok No. 5 (441 horse) seized Tolent...