Battle of Calatafimi

Battle of Calatafimi
Part of the Expedition of the Thousand

Skirmish at Calatafimi
Date15 May 1860
Location
Calatafimi, Sicily
Result

Garibaldine victory

  • Two Sicilies forces retreat
  • Garibaldi takes Calatafimi
Belligerents
Red Shirts Two Sicilies
Commanders and leaders
Giuseppe Garibaldi Francesco Landi
Strength
1,200 2,000
Casualties and losses
32 killed
160–182 wounded		 36 killed
148 wounded
6 captured
1 gun captured

The Battle of Calatafimi was fought on 15 May 1860 between Giuseppe Garibaldi's Redshirts and the troops of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Calatafimi, Sicily, as part of the Expedition of the Thousand (Italian: I Mille). The battle was the first of Garibaldi's victory during his invasion of Sicily in 1860 and saw his 'Thousand' defeat a larger Neapolitan army sent from Palermo to block the roads to the Sicilian capital.

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