Siege of Gaeta (1860–1861)
| Siege of Gaeta | |||||||
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| Part of the unification of Italy | |||||||
Illustration by Raffaele Pontremoli, c. 1880 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Sardinia |
Two Sicilies | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Enrico Cialdini Tommaso De Cristoforis | Pietro Carlo Maria Vial de Maton | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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18,000 infantry 180 guns 10 ships |
20,000 infantry 450 guns 17 ships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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46 killed 321 wounded |
829 killed 2,000 wounded | ||||||
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. It started on 5 November 1860 and ended on 13 February 1861, and took place in Gaeta, in today's Southern Lazio (Italy).