First Assault on Rome

First Assault on Rome
Part of Unification of Italy and First Italian War of Independence

Garibaldi capturing four French guns at Rome. Illustration from The Life and Times of Garibaldi, published by Walter Scott.
Date25 April – 30 April 1849
Location
Rome, Roman Republic
Result Italian victory
Belligerents
 France
 Spain		 Roman Republic
Commanders and leaders
Charles Oudinot
Fernando Fernández		 Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Bersaglieri
Strength
8,000–10,000 French
4,000 Spanish		 Unknown

The First Assault on Rome was fought between Roman Republic and the combined forces of Second French Republic and the Spanish Empire.

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