The Franco-Italian army led by Eugène de Beauharnais was defreated by an Austrian army commanded by a member of what house?
Archduke John of Austria Archduke John of Austria (German: "Erzherzog Johann Baptist Joseph Fabian Sebastian von Österreich" ; 20 January 1782 – 11 May 1859), a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, was an Austrian field marshal and Imperial regent ("Reichsverweser") of the short-lived German Empire during the Revolutions of 1848.
Battle of Genola The Battle of Genola or Battle of Fossano (4 November 1799) was a meeting engagement between a Habsburg Austrian army commanded by Michael von Melas and a Republican French army under Jean Étienne Championnet. Melas directed his troops with more skill and his army drove the French off the field, inflicting heavy losses. The War of the Second Coalition action represented the last major French effort in Italy during 1799. The municipality of Genola is located in the region of Piedmont in northwest Italy a distance of 27 km north of Cuneo and 58 km south of Turin.