Battle of Crevola

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Battle of Crevola
Part of the Transalpine campaigns
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The battle of Crevola in the Luzerner Schilling
DateApril 28, 1487 [1]
Location
Crevoladossola, Piedmont
Result Milanese victory [2] [3] [4]
Belligerents
Flag of the Duchy of Milan (1450).svg Duchy of Milan [2] Old Swiss Confederacy: [3]
Flag of Canton of Valais.svg Valais
Flag of Canton of Lucerne.svg Lucerne
Commanders and leaders
Renato Trivulzio
Giberto Borromeo
Giampietro Bergamino
[5] [6] 		Jost von Silenen
Albin von Silenen  (POW)
[4] [7] [8]
Strength
1,200 Cavalry [9] [10]
2,000 Infantry [9] [10]
total of 3,500 troops [11] 		6,000 Infantry [9] [11]
1,000 Swiss joined from
the Saluzzo Campaign
Casualties and losses
Unknown 800–1,000 killed
[3] [9] [10] [12]

The Battle of Crevola was fought in the spring of 1487, between a marauding Swiss army from the Valais and Lucerne [2] [12] and troops from the Duchy of Milan, [2] for the supremacy of the Val d'Ossola (Eschental) .

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Prelude

In the year 1487, for unknown but petty reasons, Bishop Jost von Silenen entered into dispute with the Count of Arona, [3] whose seignory was the Duke of Milan. [13] The Knight Albin von Silenen, brother of Bishop Jost von Silenen, was appointed the leader of this military expedition. [8] As soon as the Simplon pass was passable, the Swiss crossed into the Val d'Ossola; here they were joined by another 1,000 Swiss, who were returning from Savoy. [9]

Battle

The Swiss besieged Domo, occupied the castle of Mattarella, and terribly ravaged the impoverished valleys. [2] The Duke of Milan, however, ordered the Ossolani to keep the Swiss inactive with false peace negotiations, until the duchy could dispatch a sufficient army. [13] Once the troops were assembled, they were split into three separate corps under the command of Renato Trivulzio, Count Borromeo, and Gio. Pietro Bergamino. [5] The Swiss were once again marauding in the villages of the Valle Vigezzo, when they were assaulted by the Milanese troops from three sides. [13] The Swiss formed a square and a murderous combat ensued, in which the Swiss lost 800-1000 men and all their baggage. [9] [5] The rest of the Swiss troops were allowed to flee into the impassable mountain range. [12] The corpses of the dead Swiss were desecrated by the local peasants: the heads and fingers were cut off, the heads put on pikes and the fingers used as hat decorations. [9]

Aftermath

Further bloodshed was however prevented, when a legation of the Old Swiss Confederacy negotiated a peace treaty with the Duchy of Milan on July 23, 1487. [2] [12] At ponte di Crevola, the Ossolani dedicated an Oratory to Martyr Saint Vitalis in honour and remembrance of this victorious battle. [5]

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