Siege of Gaeta (1860–1861)
Battle of the war between the Sardinian and Sicilian kingdoms of Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Siege of Gaeta (1734).
The siege of Gaeta was the concluding event of the war between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, part of the unification of Italy.[2] It started on 5 November 1860 and ended on 13 February 1861, and took place in Gaeta, in today's Southern Lazio (Italy).
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Siege of Gaeta | |||||||
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Part of The Expedition of the Thousand | |||||||
Illustration by Raffaele Pontremoli, c. 1880 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sardinia Hungarian legion of Italia[dubious – discuss][1] |
Two Sicilies French ships Spanish ships | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Enrico Cialdini | Pietro Carlo Maria Vial de Maton, the actual command had Felix von Schumacher | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
18,000 infantry 180 guns 10 ships |
20,000 infantry 450 guns 17 ships | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
46 killed 321 wounded |
829 killed 2,000 wounded |
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