Battle of Calatafimi

When

15 May 1860

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.90° N, 12.85° E

Description

1860 battle

Battle during the unification of Italy

The Battle of Calatafimi was fought on 15 May 1860 between Giuseppe Garibaldi's Redshirts and the troops of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Calatafimi, Sicily, as part of the Expedition of the Thousand. The battle was Garibaldi's first victory during his invasion of Sicily in 1860 and saw his 'Thousand' defeat a larger Neapolitan army sent from Palermo to block the roads to the Sicilian capital.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Expedition of the Thousand – Battle of Calatafimi: Troops under Giuseppe Garibaldi defeat the army of Naples in Sicily”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “expédition des Mille : Giuseppe Garibaldi et ses Chemises rouges débarquent à Marsala en Sicile et défont les troupes napolitaines à Calatafimi (15 mai)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page