Stock Photo - France-Hisstory- ..Battle of Magenta.Part of the Second Italian War of Independence.Napoléon III et l'Italie - .The Battle of Magenta by Gerolamo Induno. Musée de l'Armée, Paris.Date.4 June 1859.Location..Magenta, Austrian Empire, present-day Italy.45°27′22″N 8°48′7″ECoordinates: 45°27′22″N 8°48′7″E.Result.Franco-Italian victory.Belligerents.France France. Sardinia.Austrian Empire Austria.Commanders and leaders.France Napoleon III.Kingdom of Sardinia Victor Emmanuel II.France Marechal Patrice de MacMahon.Austrian Empire Feldmarschall Ferenc Gyulay.Strength.49,945 infantry.1,207 cavalry.87 guns.58,183 infantry[3].3,435 cavalry.152 guns.Casualties and losses.707 killed.3,223 wounded.655 missing.Total:.4,585.1,368 killed.4,358 wounded.4,500 missing.Total:.10,226..Second Italian War of Independence.MontebelloVareseSan FermoPalestroTurbigoBoffaloraMagentaMelegnanoTrepontiSolferino..Map of the 2nd Italian War of Independence.The Battle of Magenta was fought on 4 June 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence, resulting in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai...It took place near the town of Magenta in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, a crown land of the Austrian Empire, on 4 June 1859. Napoleon III's army crossed the Ticino River and outflanked the Austrian right forcing the Austrian army under Gyulai to retreat. The confined nature of the country, a vast spread of orchards cut up by streams and irrigation canals, precluded elaborate manoeuvre. The Austrians turned every house into a miniature fortress. The brunt of the fighting was borne by 5,000 grenadiers of the French Imperial Guard, still mostly in their First Empire style of uniforms. The battle of Magenta was not a particularly large battle, but it was a decisive victory for the Franco-Sardinian alliance. Patrice de MacMahon was created Duc de Magenta for his role in this battle, and would later go on to serve as Presi