Custozza, a village 10 miles SW. of Verona, where the Italians have twice been utterly defeated by the Austrians. On 23d—25th July 1848 Charles Albert was routed after severe fighting by Radetzky with a smaller force, and forced to retreat behind the Mincio; and on 24th June 1866, Victor Emmanuel with 130,000 men was defeated by the Archduke Albert with 75,000 men.
Custozza
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 628
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