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The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1862., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garibaldi, Giuseppe 1807-1882 (search)
, he descended upon Sicily with 1,000 volunteers, and when he had made himself dictator he crossed to the mainland and expelled Francis II. from Naples and entered the capital, Sept. 7, 1860. Upon the union of the Two Sicilies with Sardinia, and the proclamation of Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy, March 17, 1860, he retired to Caprera. Anxious for the complete unification of Italy, he organized an expedition against Rome in 1862, but was defeated and taken prisoner by the Sardinians at Aspromonte, in August. A few years later he was again in arms against the Pope. Marching into the Campagna, he defeated the Papal troops at Monterotondo on Oct. 25, 1867, but shortly after, while moving upon Rome, he was defeated by the French and Papal army near Mentana. In 1870 the misfortunes of France and an appeal from Gambetta decided him to take up the French cause against the Germans. He received the command of a corps called the Volunteers of the Vosges. His son Ricciotti won a small
The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], Interesting Foreign news. (search)
recent call. Incidents of the capture of Garibaldi A Turin letter to the London Daily News, dated, August 30, gives these particulars of the defeat of Garibaldi and its effect: "Garibaldi, it appears, had occupied the position of Aspromonte, but as the regiments sent in pursuit approached be abandoned it by a skillful movement, and the pursuers lost all trace of his whereabouts. Colonel Pallavicini, of whom I will speak more particularly, with a picked battalion of Bersaglieri, wvining at a glance that Garibaldi could not have gone on to a point which was already occupied by a strong force of the royal troops, turned sharp round, and marched rapidly back. He was not mistaken. Garibaldi had re-occupied the position at Aspromonte six hours before, with about two thousand volunteers. The royal force consisted of eighteen hundred Bersaglieri. "Colonel Pallavicini sent one of his aids to Garibaldi to enjoin him, in the name of the King and of the law, to lay down his