Battle of Bicocca 1522 (1 jan 1522 ano – 1 jan 1522 ano)

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A combined French and Venetian force under Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, was decisively defeated by an Imperial–Spanish and Papal army under the overall command of Prospero Colonna. The battle marked the end of the Swiss dominance among the infantry of the Italian Wars. It was also one of the first engagements in which firearms played a decisive role on the battlefield. The Swiss, unwilling to fight further, marched off to their cantons a few days later, and Lautrec retreated into Venetians territory with the remnants of his army. The French had lost Alessandria, Pavia, and Como; and Francesco II Sforza, bringing further German reinforcements, had slipped past a Venetia force at Bergamo to join Colonna in Milan. Lautrec then withdrew from Lombardy, leaving the Duchy of Milan in Imperial hands. The German forces which Charles V and Pope Leo X had sent south to aid this venture passed through Venetian territory near Valeggio unmolested; the combined Papal, Spanish, and Imperial army then proceeded into French territory under the command ofProsperoColonna.

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