You Have to Die in Piedmont!: The Battle of Assietta, 19 July 1747. the War of the Austrian Succession in the Alps

by Giovanni Cerino Badone

'You have to die in Piedmont!' An old folk song, still played in the western Alps, tells of the French regiments that were coming from the Mongeneve Pass in order to attack a combined Austro-Sardinian force entrenched on the Assietta Plateau, 2,500 meters up in the Cottian Alps. This crucial position controlled two main roads from France to the Kingdom of Sardinia's capital, Turin. The battle occurred on 19 June 1747, and was the bloodiest single...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 191162850X
• ISBN13: 9781911628507
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"