Sacile

Sacile is a common of the Province of Pordenone in the area Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy.

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History

Sacile is the site of a first skirmish of the second countryside of Austria carried out by Napoleon in 1809, which was concluded little from time afterwards with the French victory of Wagram.

In April 1809, the prince Eugene de Beauharnais, viceroy of Italy, in front of the threat which constitutes the troops of the Jean archduke of Austria, positions its troops in the Friuli and Venezia. The 3° division, carried out by the General Grenier is based in particular in Sacile.

Austria declares the war in Italy on April 9th.

In front of the fast Austrian advance, the Franco-Italian troops are folded up behind the river Tagliamento, then behind the Livenza. April 14th, prince Eugene de Beauharnais organizes defense on this line and inspects in particular Sacile, where it decides to make build new bridges by the 102° regiment of infantry, to facilitate the counter-attack.

April 16th, Eugene de Beauharnais, orders against the opinion of its staff to hold Sacile, although in numerical inferiority (36.000 men against 45.000 Austrians). Combat of delayed-action of the enemy advance, in Pordenone, Ospedaletto are as many French sacrifices.

All the morning, the 102° regiment will have to fight more than five hours, around the bridge of Sacile, without support of its cavalry previously decimated, and against that of the archduke, which moreover is supported by some pieces of artillery. Finally, the troops release foot and a retirement in disorder with place, direction of the Piave, reached on April 19th and the Adige, on April 27th, where they reorganize.

The assessment of the battle of Sacile of 3000 is killed and 3500 wounded. 15 lost guns. Almost as much, with dimensions Austrian 3600 killed, wounded and 500 prisoners.

The archduke, makes the tactical error then not to exploit this advantage, because time is particularly bad. It decides to blow a few days.

Napoleon will be put at the current of the real situation only the 30, but meanwhile, Eugene de Beauharnais, which is proud and does not want to leave the command to Murat. Eugene will make pretense not have received the order sent by the emperor, and will have already launched an effective counter-attack on April 28th on the 30.000 men of the avant-garde of the archduke.

Having restored the situation and with the assistance of Macdonald, sent in reinforcement, it will be able to reorganize its army, to push back the Austrians, to take them out of clippers with the army of Germany, until the decisive victory of Wagram.

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Hamlets

Camolli, Cavolano, Cornadella, Ronche, S.Giovanni di Livenza, S. Giovanni del Tempio, S. Michele, S. Odorico, Schiavoi, Topaligo, Villorba, Vistorta

Communes bordering

Brugnera, Caneva, Cordignano, Fontanafredda, Gaiarine

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Personalities

Luigi Nono (1850-1918), painter

External bonds

HTTP: /www.sacile.net/Photographs
HTTP: /www.comuni-italiani.it/093/037/ Statistical data
HTTP: /www.prosacile.com/Association Prosacile

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