Topic summary

Battle of Crevola

Battle of Crevola
BelligerentsDuchy of Milan Old Swiss Confederacy:
Valais
LucerneCommanders and leaders Renato Trivulzio
Giberto Borromeo
Giampietro Bergamino
Jost von Silenen
Albin von Silenen (POW)
Strength 1,200 Cavalry
2,000 Infantry
total of 3,500 troops 6,000 Infantry
1,000 Swiss joined from
the Saluzzo Campaign
Casualties and losses Unknown 800–1,000 killed

The Battle of Crevola was fought in the spring of 1487, between a marauding Swiss army from the Valais and Lucerne and troops from the Duchy of Milan, for the supremacy of the Val d'Ossola(Eschental) .