Editing Battle of Solferino (section)

===Battle commences===
[[File:Accampamento di Piemontesi.jpg|thumb|300px|Photo of the Piedmontese camp made one day before the battle at Solferino]]
According to the allied battle plan formulated on 24 June, the Franco-Sardinian army moved east to deploy along the right river banks of the [[Mincio]]. The French were to occupy the villages of Solferino, [[Cavriana]], [[Guidizzolo]] and [[Medole]] with, respectively, the 1st Corps ([[Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers|Baraguey d'Hilliers]]), 2nd Corps ([[Patrice de MacMahon|Mac-Mahon]]), 3rd Corps ([[François Certain Canrobert|Canrobert]]), and 4th Corps ([[Adolphe Niel|Niel]]). The four Sardinian divisions were to take [[Pozzolengo]]. After marching a few kilometers, the allies came into contact with the Austrian troops, who had entrenched themselves in those villages. In the absence of a fixed battle plan, the fighting which took place was uncoordinated, which is why so many casualties occurred, and it fell into three separate engagements, at Medole (south), Solferino (centre) and San Martino (north).