A French corps (nine thousand men) under General Claude Victor-Perrin defeats the forces from the Papal States, at Castel Bolognese near Faenza, Italy, on February 3.

The Papal army is led by Austrian Feldmarschall-Leutnant Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi, a veteran of the Seven Years' War.

Colli had served in the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont from 1793 to 1796 and had faced Bonaparte in the Montenotte Campaign.

He is an intelligent and capable officer, but sometimes has to be carried on a stretcher due to old wounds.

On February 3, Victor brings Colli's troops to battle on the Senio at Castel Bolognese near Faenza.

The French make short work of their adversaries.

For an admitted loss of about one hundred casualties, Victor's soldiers inflict eight hundred killed and wounded on the Papal troops.

In addition, the French capture twelve hundred men, fourteen artillery pieces, eight caissons, and eight colors.

Victor's corps includes a grenadier reserve commanded by General of Brigade Jean Lannes.