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)