Battle of Mentana
| Battle of Mentana | |||||||
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| Part of the Unification of Italy | |||||||
The Battle of Mentana. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Italian volunteers |
France Papal States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Giuseppe Garibaldi |
Hermann Kanzler Balthazar Alban Gabriel, baron de Polhès | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Uncertain: 4,000; 8,100; 10,000 | Uncertain: 5,000; 5,500; | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1,100 killed & wounded 800–1,000 captured |
Papal: 144 killed & wounded French: 2 killed & 36 wounded | ||||||
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's troops tried to capture Rome, which was at that time the main Italian city not yet incorporated into the newly unified Kingdom of Italy. The battle ended in victory for the French-Papal troops, maintaining the independence of the Papal States until 1870.