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Battle of Custoza

Battle of Custoza was a battle fought on 25 July 1848 at Verona, in what is now Italy. It was part of First Italian War of Independence, which ran from 1848 to 1849. The recorded result: Austrian victory. Recorded strength: 33,000; 157 guns against 22,000; 42 guns.

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La battaglia di Custoza del 1848
La battaglia di Custoza del 1848. Autore sconosciuto deceduto da oltre 70 anni, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought25 July 1848
WhereVerona, Italy45.379N, 10.796E
OutcomeAustrian victory
BelligerentsAustriaagainstSardinia
Part ofFirst Italian War of Independence1848 to 1849

Where it sits in First Italian War of Independence

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16 placed engagements of First Italian War of Independence in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date25 July 1848
PlaceVerona, Italy
45.379N, 10.796E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength33,000; 157 guns22,000; 42 guns
Casualties and losses319 killed; including 5 officers; 1,282 wounded; including 32 officers; 1,829 captured or missing288 killed; 883 wounded; 463 captured or missing
Commanders
Battle of CustozaBattle of CustozaBattle of CustozaBattle of BorghettoBattle of PozzoloBattle of PeschieraSiege of PeschieraBattle of CustozaBattle of PeschieraGenoaBolognaBergamoParmaRavennaFerraraTrentoLugano100 km45.379N, 10.796E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Custoza
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Custoza today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-09-19. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 151 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 43 to 189 m, 146 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 50% grassland, 24% cropland, 22% tree cover.

grassland: 50%cropland: 24%tree cover: 22%built-up: 4%grassland 50%cropland 24%tree cover 22%built-up 4%
west to east, 10.0 km61 to 173 mnorth to south, 10.0 km61 to 166 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1796 and 1866.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1848

Battle of Custoza is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,038 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q48202, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Custoza (1848), revision 1382463378, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.