Battle of Milazzo (1860)
| Battle of Milazzo | |||||||
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| Part of Expedition of the Thousand | |||||||
Contemporary reconstruction of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Redshirts (Garibaldine volunteers) | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Giuseppe Garibaldi Giacomo Medici Enrico Cosenz | Ferdinando Beneventano del Bosco | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Garibaldine volunteers | Milazzo garrison (infantry and cavalry) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,000 | 4,500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 750 killed, wounded, prisoners, and missing | 300 killed, wounded, prisoners, and missing | ||||||
The Battle of Milazzo was fought between 17 and 24 July 1860 in the vicinity and in the city of Milazzo, when the Thousand led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, together with numerous volunteers who subsequently landed, mainly the Medici, formed the first nucleus of the Southern Army, that is, Garibaldi's army that landed in Sicily, invading the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
They defeated the Bourbon soldiers. The forces employed in the battle amounted to approximately 10,000 men, of whom over 6,000 were Garibaldi's men, while the Neapolitan soldiers who fought in the battle numbered 3,400; historians also report