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Pasquale Sottocorno
Despite being crippled,
this 26-year-old shoemaker
managed to set fire to the
military engineers’ building
where the enemy troops
were barracked, and capture
the hospital of San Marco,
which was another
Austrian stronghold.

The Austrians, forced
into retreat
The Austrians Return
After he had defeated King Carlo
Alberto at Custoza (25 July),
Radetzky returned to Lombardy, as
announced in this proclamation
of 27 July. He recaptured Milan
on 6 August.

Over 1,600 barricades were
set up throughout the city
during the insurrection.
The Soldier’s Widow
In Italy the struggle
for independence
was closely linked to
Romanticism, as can be
seen in works dating
from this period, such as
this 1851 sculpture by
Giovanni Pandiani.

The Cinque Giornate Revolt
Radetzky proposes
The revolt spreads throughout an armistice but
the city and barricades are is rejected
Radetzky built everywhere
18 March 19 March 20 March 21 March 22 March
Demonstration in the Monforte Formation of the War The Imperial troops
district for freedom of the press Council and Provisional suffer defeat in the last
and the establishment of a Civil Government battle at Porta Tosa
Guard. Radetzky is besieged in (renamed Porta Vittoria)
the Castello Sforzesco Guardia Nobile helmet and abandon Milan

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