Battle of Mentana

Battle of Mentana
Part of the Unification of Italy

The Battle of Mentana.
Date3 November 1867
Location
Near Mentana, modern Italy
Result Franco-Papal victory
Belligerents
 Italian volunteers France France
 Papal States
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Italy Giuseppe Garibaldi Papal States Hermann Kanzler
France Balthazar Alban Gabriel, baron de Polhès
Strength
Uncertain: 4,000;[1] 8,100;[2] 10,000[3] Uncertain: 5,000;[4][5] 5,500;[6]
Casualties and losses
1,100 killed & wounded[7]
800-1,000 captured[8]		 Papal:
144 killed & wounded
French:
2 killed & 36 wounded[9]

The Battle of Mentana was fought on November 3, 1867, near the village of Mentana, located north-east of Rome (then in the Papal States, now modern Lazio), between French-Papal troops and the Italian volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi. Garibaldi and his troops were attempting to capture Rome, then the main center of the peninsula still outside of the newly unified Kingdom of Italy. The battle ended in a victory by the French-Papal troops.

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  3. ^ Bruce, George (1979) Harbottle's dictionary of Battles (2nd. revised edition) Granada, London: 303 pp. ISBN 0-246-11103-8
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  5. ^ Bruce, George (1979) Harbottle's dictionary of Battles (2nd. revised edition) Granada, London: 303 pp. ISBN 0-246-11103-8
  6. ^ Du Picq A.C.J. (1868) Etudes sur les combats: Combat antique et moderne Translated as Battle Studies by J.N. Greeley & R.C. Cotton, 1902; BiblioBazaar, Charleston SC, 2006: 238 pp. ISBN 1-4264-2276-8
  7. ^ Bruce, George (1979) Harbottle's dictionary of Battles (2nd. revised edition) Granada, London: 303 pp. ISBN 0-246-11103-8
  8. ^ Dupuy R.E. & Dupuy T.N. (1993) The Collins Encyclopedia of Military History (4th. edition) Harper Collins, NY: 1654 pp.
  9. ^ Bruce, George (1979) Harbottle's dictionary of Battles (2nd. revised edition) Granada, London: 303 pp. ISBN 0-246-11103-8