Battle of Aspromonte

Battle of Aspromonte

Garibaldi wounded at Aspromonte, by Gerolamo Induno
Date29 August 1862
Location
Result Regular army victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy Royal Italian Army Kingdom of Italy Garibaldi's volunteers
Commanders and leaders
Emilio Pallavicini [it] Kingdom of Italy Giuseppe Garibaldi (WIA)
Strength
3,000 regulars 2,000 volunteers
Casualties and losses
5 dead, 23 injured 7 dead, 20 injured

The Battle of Aspromonte, also known as the Day of Aspromonte (Italian: Giornata dell'Aspromonte), was a minor engagement that took place on 29 August 1862, and was an inconclusive episode of the Italian unification process. It is named after the nearby mountain of Aspromonte in southern Italy. Giuseppe Garibaldi's army of volunteers was attacked by the Royal Italian Army while marching from Sicily towards Rome, capital of the Papal States, which it intended to annex into the newly created Kingdom of Italy. In the fighting, which took place a few kilometers from Gambarie, Garibaldi was wounded and taken prisoner.[1]: 331–335 

  1. ^ O'Clery, Patrick Keyes (1892). The making of Italy. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner.