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French Revolutionary Wars. War of the First Coalition (1792-1797). Italian campaign. Battle of Valvasone or Tagliamento (16 March 1797). The army of the French Republic led by Napoleon Bonaparte attacked the Austrian Habsburg forces under Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. The Austrian army fought a rearguard action against the French vanguard led by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte at the Tagliamento river crossing, but was defeated and withdrew to the northeast. French troops crossing the Tagliamento River. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Brugnot. "History of the French Revolution". Volume I, 2nd part, 1879.