location battle of lodi
Karl Philipp Sebottendorf ___MASK52___ der Rose ( 17 July 1740  11 April 1818 ) enrolled in the Austrian army at the age of 18 , became a general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars , and commanded a division against Napoleon Bonaparte in several notable battles during the Italian campaign of 1796 . The ( plural : "") is a basic administrative division in ___MASK11___ , roughly equivalent to a township or municipality . The Seven Years ' War was a war fought between 1754 and 1763 , the main conflict occurring in the seven - year period from 1756 to 1763 . It involved every European great power of the time except the ___MASK82___ and spanned five continents , affecting Europe , ___MASK44___ , West Africa , ___MASK5___ , and the ___MASK48___ . The conflict split Europe into two coalitions , led by the Kingdom of Great Britain ( inc . Prussia , Portugal , Hanover , and other small German states ) on one side and the Kingdom of France ( inc . Austria - led Holy Roman Empire , Russia , Spain , and Sweden ) on the other . Meanwhile in ___MASK5___ , the Mughal Empire , with the support of the French , tried to crush a British attempt to conquer Bengal . ___MASK53___ , officially the Kingdom of ___MASK53___ , is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by France , the ___MASK60___ , Germany , Luxembourg , and the North Sea . It is a small , densely populated country which covers an area of and has a population of about 11 million people . Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe , ___MASK53___ is home to two main linguistic groups : the Dutch - speaking , mostly Flemish community , which constitutes about 59 % of the population , and the French - speaking , mostly Walloon population , which comprises 41 % of all Belgians . Additionally , there is a small group of German - speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area , and bordering Germany . ___MASK64___ ( Lombard : " Lombardia ", ) is one of the twenty administrative regions of ___MASK11___ , in the northwest of the country , with an area of 23 , 844 square kilometres ( 9 , 206 sq mi ). About 10 million people , forming one - sixth of ___MASK11___ ' s population , live in ___MASK64___ and about a fifth of ___MASK11___ ' s GDP is produced in the region , making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest regions in Europe . ___MASK4___ , ___MASK64___ ' s capital , is the second - largest city and the largest metropolitan area in ___MASK11___ . Johann Peter de Beaulieu , also Jean Pierre de Beaulieu , born 26 October 1725 in Lathuy , Brabant , ___MASK53___  died 22 December 1819 , was an Walloon military officer . He joined the Austrian army and fought against the Prussians during the Seven Years ' War . A cultured man , he later battled Belgian rebels and earned promotion to general officer . During the French Revolutionary Wars he fought against the First French Republic and attained high command . In 1796 , a young Napoleon Bonaparte won some of his first victories against an army led by Beaulieu . He retired and was the Proprietor ( Inhaber ) of an Austrian infantry regiment until his death . The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts , lasting from 1792 until 1802 , resulting from the French Revolution . They pitted the French First Republic against Britain , ___MASK49___ and several other monarchies . They are divided in two periods : the War of the First Coalition ( 1792  97 ) and the War of the Second Coalition ( 1798  1802 ). Initially confined to Europe , the fighting gradually assumed a global dimension as the political ambitions of the Revolution expanded . After a decade of constant warfare and aggressive diplomacy , France had succeeded in seizing and conquering a wide array of territories , from the Italian Peninsula and the ___MASK2___ in Europe to the ___MASK96___ Territory in North America . French success in these conflicts ensured the spread of revolutionary principles over much of Europe . The Battle of Lodi was fought on May 10 , 1796 between French forces under General Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian rear guard led by Karl Philipp Sebottendorf at Lodi , ___MASK64___ . The rear guard was defeated , but the main body of Johann Peter Beaulieu ' s Austrian Army had time to retreat . ___MASK11___ , officially the Italian Republic , is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe . Located in the heart of the ___MASK42___ , ___MASK11___ shares open land borders with France , Switzerland , ___MASK49___ , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . ___MASK11___ covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in ___MASK11___ as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous ___MASK55___ member state . Lodi ( Lombard : " Lòd ") is a city and " comune " in ___MASK64___ , northern ___MASK11___ , on the right bank of the River Adda . It is the capital of the province of Lodi . The province of Lodi is a province in the ___MASK64___ region of ___MASK11___ . Its provincial capital is the city of Lodi . As of 2015 , it has a population of 229 , 576 inhabitants over an area of , giving the province a population density of 293 . 2 inhabitants per square kilometre . The city of Lodi has a population of 44 , 769 inhabitants as of 2015 , and the provincial president is Mauro Soldati .