The Battle of Fornovo (6 July 1495) of the Italian Wars. The orders of battle are based on Benedetti (1967).
Setting: Fornovo, Italy; 6 July 1495
Venetian Order of Battle
Venetians
- Line 1
- 600 Stradiots (Pietro Duodo)
- Line 2
- 510 Italian Men-at-Arms (Ranuccio Farnese & Luigi Avogadro)
- Line 3 (Reserve)
- 4000 Infantry (Gorlino of Ravenna)
- Line 4
- 370 Men-at-Arms (Count Bernardino Fortebraccio)
- 2000 Infantry (between line 4 and 5)
- Line 5
- 580 Men-at-Arms (Count Giovanni Francesco of Caiazzo)
- Line 6 (Reserve)
- 255 Soldiers (Alessandro Colleoni & Taddeo dalla Motella)
- Line 7
- 465 Men-at-Arms (Count Gianfrancesco of Gambara)
- Line 8 (Camp Guard)
- 280 Men-at-Arms (Carlo of Pian di Meleto)
- Line 9
- 400 Light horsemen
- Crossbowmen
- Handgunners (scorpion)
- Artillery
French Order of Battle
French
- First Battle (Gian Giacomo Trivulzio)
- 300 Horsemen (men-at-arms)
- 200 Light armed soldiers – not arrow bearers
- 2000 Germans
- 1750 Pikemen
- 250 Handgunners
- 21 Pieces of artillery
- Main Battle (King Charles VIII of France)
- 600 Horsemen
- 2700 Mtd Crossbowmen
- (3400 ?) Germans
- 2975 Pikemen
- 425 Handgunners
- 21 Pieces of artillery
- Third Battle (Francesco Secco)
- 400 Horsemen
- 1000 foot soldiers
- 400 Crossbowmen (?)
- (600 Germans ?)
- 525 Pikemen
- 75 Handgunners
References
Benedetti, A. (1967). Diaria de bello Carolino: Diary of the Caroline War (D. M. Schullian, Trans.). New York: Frederick Ungar. (Original work published 1496).