The battle of Ponte Caffaro, from The Illustrated London News", 11 August 1866. Ponte Caffaro (literally Caffaro Bridge) is a settlement at the northern end of Lake Idro , in northern Italy , where the rivers Caffaro and Chiese enter the lake. Administratively it is a frazione commune of Bagolino , in the province of Brescia , Lombardy .
Geography
The Caffaro here marks the boundary between the Italian provinces of Brescia and Trentino ; until the beginning of the twentieth century this was the boundary between Italy and Austria .
History
The Battle of Ponte Caffaro was fought on the 25 June 1866. It was one of the opening skirmishes of the Third Italian War of Independence , between the Italian forces of Garibaldi and the Austrian Empire .
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