Battle of Mentana

Battle of Mentana
Part of the Unification of Italy
The Battle of Mentana.
Date 3 November 1867 Location Near Mentana, modern Italy Result Franco-Papal victory
Belligerents
Italian volunteers	France  Papal States
Commanders and leaders
Giuseppe Garibaldi	Hermann Kanzler Balthazar Alban Gabriel, baron de Polhès
Strength
Uncertain: 4,000;[1] 8,100;[2] 10,000[3]	Uncertain: 5,000;[4][5] 5,500;[6]
Casualties and losses
1,100 killed & wounded[7] 800-1,000 captured[8]	Papal: 144 killed & wounded French: 2 killed & 36 wounded[9]

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 and his troops were attempting to capture Rome, then the main center of the peninsula still outside of the newly unified Kingdom of Italy. The battle ended in a victory by the French-Papal troops.