What the records say
- When
- 4 Jul 1806
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.85° N, 16.37° E
- Description
- 1806 battle during the War of the Third Coalition
Battle of Maida
Battle of the 1806 invasion of Naples
The Battle of Maida was fought on 4 July 1806 between the British and French armies outside Maida, Calabria during the Napoleonic Wars. John Stuart led a British expeditionary force of 5,236 troops to victory over a force of approximately 5,400 French troops under Jean Reynier, inflicting heavy losses while incurring light casualties.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Invasion of Naples (War of the Third Coalition): Battle of Maida – Britain defeats the French in Calabria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire britannique sur la France à la bataille de Maida. la Calabre se soulève contre l’occupation française”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page