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La bataille de Ponte-Novo (en corse : Ponte Novu ou Pontenovu), qui eut lieu du 8 au 9 mai 1769, est le point final des affrontements entre les troupes de Pascal Paoli — composées de Corses et de mercenaires allemands et suisses — et les armées du roi de France, Louis XV, aidées de soldats corses du parti français. Ouvrant aux grenadiers français la route de Corte, capitale de la République corse, cette bataille marque la fin de la seconde et dernière phase de la conquête de la Corse par la France
Les forces en présence étaient d'environ 15 000 de part et d'autres.
Aujourd'hui encore, la bataille de Ponte-Novo est commémorée chaque année le 8 mai et donne le plus souvent lieu à des reconstitutions en costumes d'époque.
Le pont génois reliant les deux rives du Golo à Ponte-Novo, lieu d’affrontement direct entre troupes paolistes composées de Corses et de mercenaires prussiens, et les armées françaises auxquelles se rallient néanmoins de nombreux combattants corses. Il fut détruit durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.


The Battle of Ponte-Novo (Corsican: Ponte Novu or Pontenovu), which took place from 8 to 9 May 1769, was the end of the confrontation between Pascal Paoli's troops - made up of Corsicans and German and Swiss mercenaries - and the armies of the King of France, Louis XV, aided by Corsican soldiers from the French party. Opening the road to Corte, capital of the Corsican Republic, to the French grenadiers, this battle marked the end of the second and final phase of the French conquest of Corsica.
The forces involved numbered around 15,000 on both sides.
Even today, the battle of Ponte-Novo is commemorated every year on 8 May, and is often the subject of re-enactments in period costume.
The Genoese bridge linking the two banks of the Golo at Ponte-Novo was the scene of a direct confrontation between Paolist troops made up of Corsicans and Prussian mercenaries, and the French armies, which were nevertheless joined by many Corsican fighters. It was destroyed during the Second World War.


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Name of Battle: Ponte Novu Name of War: Guerre d'Indépendance de Corse Entrance Fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Parking: N 49° 29.217 W 009° 16.852 Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 05/09/1769 Date of Battle (End): 05/10/1769

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