The campaign of 1859 was another step forward in liberation of Italy. The French and Piedmontese defeated the Austrians at Magenta (4 June) and Solferino (24 June), but casualties were heavy, cholera had made its appearance and French administrative arrangements were very defective. Moreover, the Austrians still held their famous stronghold, the Quadrilateral of fortresses. To the fury of the Italians Napoleon III lost no time in concluding peace with the young Emperor, Franz Joseph. He obtained Lombardy for Piedmont, but left the Austrians in control of Venetia. For his part he obtained Nice and Savoy. The horrors of Magenta led to the foundation in 1864 of the International Red Cross. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 104 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1970 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com