Skirmish of Pastrengo (1848)

The Skirmish of Pastrengo was fought between the Piedmontese and Austrian army on 30 April 1848, in the course of the First Italian War of Independence.

Prelude
The troops of the Kingdom of Sardinia were for the most part volunteers from regions of northern Italy. Among the troops at Pastrengo, there were recorded, 1,000 volunteers from Parma, 150 volunteers from Piacenza and 400 students from Pavia and Turin.

The Skirmish
As documented by the New monthly magazine: Vol. 83, 1848: 

"On the 30th of April, what is called in the bulletin issued from the head-quarters of the Sardinian army, "the first battle between the two armies of Italy," was fought. The end proposed was to occupy Bussolengo, Pastrengo, and Piovezzana, and to attempt to force the Adige. The affair commenced at half-past eleven, A.m. The Italian troops succeeded in driving the Austrians from all the positions which they occupied at Pastrengo, and in gaining the heights which command the Adige."

Aftermath
As documented by the New monthly magazine: Vol. 83, 1848: 

"During the night of the 30th, Bussolengo was taken by the Sardinians, and the passage of the Adige effected at Pontone."