Battle of Cerignola (1503): The Day Small Arms Changed Everything

Battle of Cerignola (1503): The Day Small Arms Changed Everything

On April 28, 1503, two professional armies met outside the town of Cerignola in Apulia, in what was then the Kingdom of Naples—roughly 80 kilometers west of Bari. The Spanish force, commanded by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (known to history as *El G