Battle of Mestre
| Sortie on Mestre | |||||||
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| Part of the First Italian War of Independence | |||||||
The Venetian sortie on Mestre, 1848 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Rep. of San Marco | Austrian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Guglielmo Pepe | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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2,000–2,500 mostly volunteers |
2,000–3,000 austrian garrison | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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87 killed 163 wounded |
97 killed 200 killed & wounded 303 captured 3 cannons lost | ||||||
The sortie on Mestre occurred during the revolutionary year of 1848 on October 27.
Italian volunteers charged the Austrian fortification, took the town and withdrew, with the loot of three baggage-waggons, eight horses, large quantity of ammunition and the military chest, back to the fort at Marghera.