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.
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^Bruce, George (1979) Harbottle's dictionary of Battles (2nd. revised edition) Granada, London: 303 pp. ISBN0-246-11103-8
^Dupuy R.E. & Dupuy T.N. (1993) The Collins Encyclopedia of Military History (4th. edition) Harper Collins, NY: 1654 pp.
^Bruce, George (1979) Harbottle's dictionary of Battles (2nd. revised edition) Granada, London: 303 pp. ISBN0-246-11103-8