Video – L’agguato
After the bloody repression of the Verona uprising (Veronese Easters , April 17–25, 1797), while the Jacobins carried out their revenge, guerrilla warfare continued in the Veronese countryside, especially in the Adige Valley, at least until January 1798, when Austrian imperial troops arrived to liberate the region.
In the area of Caprino Veronese, insurgents from Brescia, Bergamo, Verona, and Tyrol, who had found refuge in nearby Austrian territory, organized resistance with the support of the parish priest and a municipal councilor.
They financed the guerrilla through voluntary contributions from the local population, issuing receipts for each donation so that everything could be repaid once the war was over.
The insurgents attacked French convoys and freed their captured comrades, who were being taken to Verona to be executed.