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BATTLE OF LA MOTTA


The 'Battle of La Motta', also known as the 'Battle of Schio', 'Battle of Vicenza' or 'Battle of Creazzo', which took place on October 7, 1513 between the Republic of Venice and Spain, was a significant battle of the War of the League of Cambrai. A Venetian army under Bartolomeo d'Alviano attempted to prevent the Spanish under Ramon de Cardona from withdrawing from the Veneto, but was defeated and scattered.

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1. From this website, which lists it as "Battle of Creazzo"
2. Including 150 German men-at-arms, and not counting an unknown number of light cavalry.
3. This number includes 1,000 stradioti and 500 light cavalry

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★ Norwich, John Julius (1989). ''A History of Venice''. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-72197-5.

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