- Battle of Campo Tenese
Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Campo Tenese
partof=theWar of the Third Coalition
caption=
date=10 March ,1806
place=Northwest ofCastrovillari , present-dayItaly
result=Decisive French victory
combatant1=flagicon|FranceFirst French Empire
*flagicon|Napoleonic Italy Kingdom of Italy
*flagicon|Napoleonic Italy|etruriaKingdom of Etruria
*flagicon|Poland|state Polish Legions
*flagicon|SwitzerlandSwitzerland
combatant2=flagicon|Two Sicilies Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily
commander1=flagicon|FranceJean Reynier
commander2=flagicon|Two SiciliesRoger de Damas
strength1=6,000
strength2=11,000
casualties1=500 killed or wounded
casualties2=3,000 killed or woundedThe Battle of Campo Tenese was a battle on
10 March 1806 between the II Corps of Napoleon's Army of Naples under General Reynier and the Royal Neapolitan Army under General Damas. Following the decision by King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily to ally himself with theThird Coalition against Napoleon and the decisive victory over the Allies at theBattle of Austerlitz , Napoleon declared Bourbon rule ofsouthern Italy at an end. He proclaimed his brother JosephKing of Naples , and the French subsequently invaded theKingdom of Naples in February 1806 (the second French invasion in 7 years). Naples fell on 15 February and by March only the fortress of Gaeta andCalabria , where the Neapolitan Army was entrenched, still held out against the French.On 10 March, Reynier's II Corps, which included 2 battalions of the Polish Legions, 1 battalion of Swiss infantry, as well as troops from the Kingdom of Italy and the
Kingdom of Etruria , engaged the Neapolitans in a day of skirmishes. The Neapolitan army was routed and most of the men eventually surrendered, changed sides, or fled toSicily , which was protected by the British.A day after the battle,
Joseph Bonaparte became the new king of the French client state of Naples, splitting mainland Naples from Sicily.
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