Battle
On 23 May, Garibaldi took Varese. Gyulai then sent Karl von Urban's force of 4,000 northward. [7] However, the Austrian Feldmarschall-leutnant only had at his disposal approximately 2.000 infantry at the time of the engagement. [8]
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 (Enrico Cosenz) on the right, two battalions on the left (Giacomo Medici), one battalion in the middle (Nicola Ardoino); two reserve battalions, one at Varese (Nino Bixio), and one at the Biumo Superiore hill.
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 more numerous and well entrenched, ordered a retreated on Binago and San Salvatore [ it ]. At San Salvatore the Austrians resisted the advance of Medici and Ardoino, who were charged by Garibaldi to attack the retreating Austrians. The encounter that followed was a victory to Urban, who, after repulsing the Cacciatori delle Alpi, proceeded to reentry Como in good order.
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