In 1788 and 1789 he fought against Turks as well as in nearly all the
        wars between the Austrians and the French. Commander-in-Chief in
        Lobardy from 1831, in 1848 Field-marshal Radetzky was driven out of
        Milan by the insurgents, but held Verona and Mantua for the Habsburgs.
        Defeated at Goito, he won a victory at Custozza, and re-entered Milan.
        In March 1849 he almost destroyed the Sardinian army at Novara, forced 
        Venice to surrender, and till 1857 again ruled the Lombardo-Venetian 
        territories with an iron hand. He died at Milan.
 
 

Source: Chambers's Biographical Dictionary.