Battle of Varese
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The Battle of Varese was fought on 26 May 1859 at Varese. It was an engagement of the Second Italian War of Independence, fought between the Italian volunteers formation of the Hunters of the Alps, le
Garibaldi leads his Hunters of the Alps in the Battle of Varese.
Hunters of the Alps
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The Hunters of the Alps were a military corps created by Giuseppe Garibaldi in Cuneo on 20 February 1859 to help the regular Sardinian army to free the northern part of Italy in the Second Italian War
Battle of Varese
…May 1859 at Varese (Lombardy). It was an engagement of the Second Italian War of Independence, fought between the Italian volunteers formation of the Hunters of the Alps, led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, against Austrian troops led by Karl von Urban. The Austrian defeat allowed the movement of the Hunters towards Como, and…
A Garibaldino of the Hunters of the Alps, ca. 1866