Battle of Maida
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The Battle of Maida was fought on 4 July 1806 between the British and French armies outside Maida, Calabria during the Napoleonic Wars. John Stuart led a British expeditionary force of 5,236 troops to
Engraving of a painting of the battle
The rout of the 1st Light Infantry Regiment
The siege of Gaeta, which ended two weeks after the battle
Jean Reynier
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Jean Louis Ébénézer Reynier was a Swiss-French military officer who served in the French Army during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He rose in rank to become a general during t
Battle of Maida
…Napoleonic Wars. John Stuart led a British expeditionary force of 5,236 troops to victory over about a force of approximately 5,400 French troops under Jean Reynier, inflicting heavy losses while incurring light casualties. The battle demonstrated the effectiveness of the double-line formation employed by Stuart…
Engraved portrait of Reynier (1800)
Reynier during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. Sketch portrait by André Dutertre, c. 1798
Portrait by Félix Philippoteaux, 1836