Siege of Genoa (1814)

Siege of Genoa (1814)
The Genoese entreat General Fresia to capitulate to the Allies
Date 13–18 April 1814 Location Genoa, Gênes, France (now Italy) Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Kingdom of Sicily Genoese civilians Kingdom of Sardinia	France
Commanders and leaders
Lord William Bentinck	Maurizio Ignazio Fresia [it] Jean Pégot [fr] Jean-Pierre Piat [fr]
Strength
16,000–18,000 soldiers 7 frigates 12–15 brigantines	A few thousand soldiers

The siege of Genoa on 13–18 April 1814 was the capture of the port city of Genoa from the First French Empire by a British–Sicilian army, during the War of the Sixth Coalition. The Anglo-Sicilian forces, commanded by Lieutenant General William Bentinck, laid siege to the Ligurian capital, while the Austrians invaded Lombardy in the Italian campaign of 1813–1814. The Republic of Genoa was restored but soon abolished, at the behest of the Congress of Vienna, and ceded to the Kingdom of Sardinia.