Lautrec sends a force of about four…
April 1522 CE
Lautrec sends a force of about four hundred cavalry under the Sieur de Pontdormy to reconnoiter the Imperial positions on the evening of April 26.
The patrol reports that the ground is cut by irrigation ditches and ill-suited for maneuvering, but this fails to dissuade the Swiss.
Colonna, having observed the French presence, sends messengers to Milan to request reinforcements; …
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Anne de Montmorency
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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Fernando d'Avalos
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Francesco II Sforza
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Francesco Maria I della Rovere
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Francis I of France
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Georg von Frundsberg
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Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
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Odet of Foix
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Pedro Navarro
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Pope Adrian VI
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Prospero Colonna
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Thomas de Foix- Lescun
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