Battle of Calatafimi

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Battle of Calatafimi
Part of the Expedition of the Thousand
Skirmish at Calatafimi
Date 15 May 1860 Location Calatafimi, Sicily Result Garibaldine victory[1][2][3] Two Sicilies forces retreat Garibaldi takes Calatafimi
Belligerents
Red Shirts	Two Sicilies
Commanders and leaders
Giuseppe Garibaldi[4]	Francesco Landi[4]
Strength
1,200[2][3]	2,000[1][2]
Casualties and losses
32 killed[5][6] 160-182 wounded	36 killed [2][5][7] 148 wounded [5][7] 6 captured 1 gun captured[4][7]

The Battle of Calatafimi was fought on the 15 May 1860 between Giuseppe Garibaldi's Redshirts and the troops of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Calatafimi, Sicily, as part of the Expedition of the Thousand (Italian: I Mille). The battle was the first of Garibaldi's victory during his invasion of Sicily in 1860 and saw his 'Thousand' defeat a larger Neapolitan army sent from Palermo to block the roads to the Sicilian capital.