The charge of the Genova cavalry regiment at Volta Mantovana on 27 July 1848. Painting by Felice Cerruti Bauduc, 1858. ( Charles Albert abandoned the blockade of Mantua and sent a brigade to Volta, which led the Piedmontese assault on 27 July, which failed in the face of a massive Austrian counterattack. )
The first War of Independence was underway, fought by the Kingdom of Sardinia and by Italian volunteers against the Austrian Empire and other conservative nations from 23 March 1848 to 22 August 1849.
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