British intervention in Calabria (1806)

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The British intervention in Calabria (1806) was a military campaign in southern Italy during the Napoleonic Wars, in which British forces supported local resistance against French control following the invasion of the Kingdom of Naples.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aimedAt undermining French influence in southern Italy ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
local Calabrian resistance ⓘ
chronology occurred after the French occupation of Naples in early 1806 ⓘ
commander John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
follows French invasion of the Kingdom of Naples (1806) ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Maida ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
involved land battles between British and French forces in Calabria ⓘ
location Calabria ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
southern Italy ⓘ
militaryForceUsed British expeditionary force landed in Calabria ⓘ
motivatedBy French occupation of the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Maida ⓘ
objective to challenge French domination of the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
to support local resistance against French control in Calabria ⓘ
opponent French occupation forces in the Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
opposedBy French forces under Jean Reynier ⓘ
partOf British operations in Italy during the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
relatedTo British campaign in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
result British tactical victory at the Battle of Maida ⓘ
temporary weakening of French control in parts of Calabria ⓘ
significance demonstrated the effectiveness of British infantry tactics against French troops ⓘ
encouraged local resistance to French rule in southern Italy ⓘ
startTime 1806 ⓘ
supported Bourbon loyalists in southern Italy ⓘ
anti-French insurgents in Calabria ⓘ
theatreOfWar Italian Peninsula ⓘ
typeOfWarfare coalition warfare ⓘ
expeditionary warfare ⓘ

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French invasion of Naples (1806) → followedBy → British intervention in Calabria (1806) ⓘ