Editing Battle of Solferino (section)

===Battle of Campo di Medole===
[[File:Battaglia Medole Quagliara.jpg|thumb|300px|Battle of Campo di Medole]]
The battle started at Medole around 4&nbsp;am. Marching towards Guidizzolo, the 4th Corps encountered an Austrian infantry regiment of the Austrian 1st Army. General Niel immediately decided to engage the enemy and deployed his forces east of Medole. This move prevented the three corps (III, IX and XI) of the Austrian 1st Army from aiding their comrades of the 2nd Army near Solferino, where the main French attacks took place.

The French forces were numerically inferior to the Austrians'. The 4th Corps contained three infantry divisions under de Luzy, [[Joseph Vinoy|Vinoy]] and [[Pierre Louis Charles de Failly|Failly]] and a cavalry brigade. Niel, holding a thin line of {{convert|5|km|mi}} in length, was able to stop the Austrian assaults on his position by ably warding off attacks and counterattacking at opportune moments. 

According to Schneid, "By early afternoon, the Austrian attack had failed and Niel pushed beyond Robecco and Casa Nova halfway to Guidizzolo. At 3:00 pm General Renault's division of Canrobert's III Corps arrived at Robecco. Niel, now reinforced, launched a coordinated attack on Guidizzolo." However, the arrival of the Austrian III and XI Korps stopped the French assault, and after two hours, Niel withdrew.<ref name=FS/>