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Siege of Pizzighettone
Part of the War of the Polish Succession

An Italian military map depicting Pizzighettone and Gera, 1733
DateNovember 11-December 9, 1733
Locationnear Pizzighettone, then in the Duchy of Milan, present-day Italy
Result Franco-Sardinian victory
Belligerents
 Kingdom of France
 Kingdom of Sardinia
 Habsburg Monarchy

The Siege of Pizzighettone was the first major military engagement of the northern Italian campaigns of the War of the Polish Succession. Troops from France and the Kingdom of Sardinia began blockading the Habsburg Milanese fortress at Pizzighettone on November 11, 1733, commencing siege operations on November 15. On November 30 the commander of the Austrian garrison negotiated a capitulation in which he promised to withdraw toward Mantua on December 9 if no relief arrived. As no reinforcements appeared by that time, the fortress' garrison withdrew with full honors on December 9.

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