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The Austrians opened fire with the guns, then moved three columns against the enemy. Cosenz's battalion attacked the incoming Austrians, and routed them into the other columns, repulsing the Austrian attack with the help of the Medici battalion. Urban, evaluating correctly that the enemy forces were
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On the 26 May, at dawn, Urban arrived at Varese, where Garibaldi already had placed two robust defensive lines. The Italians were deployed as: one battalion (
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Garibaldi leads his Hunters of the Alps in the Battle of Varese.
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In the meantime, on the 25 May, 500 Austrian riflemen, 130
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Index

Second Italian War of Independence

Varese
Lombardy
Kingdom of Sardinia
Alpine Hunters
Austrian Empire
Austrian Empire
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Karl von Urban
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Montebello
Varese
San Fermo
Palestro
Turbigo
Boffalora
Magenta
Melegnano
Treponti
Solferino
Varese
Lombardy
Second Italian War of Independence
Hunters of the Alps
Giuseppe Garibaldi

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