What the records say
- When
- 26 Sep 1860 – 2 Oct 1860
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.09° N, 14.09° E
- Description
- 1860 battle
Battle of the Volturno
1860 battle of the Expedition of the Thousand
The Battle of the Volturno refers to a series of military clashes between Giuseppe Garibaldi's volunteers and the troops of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies occurring around the River Volturno, between the cities of Capua, Santa Maria Capua Vetere and Caserta in northern Campania, in September and October 1860.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Volturnus: Garibaldi defeats the last organized army of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “octobre 1er - 2 octobre : victoire des Mille à la bataille du Volturno”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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