Anglo-Russian invasion of Naples (1805)

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The Anglo-Russian invasion of Naples (1805) was a brief Allied military campaign during the Napoleonic Wars in which British and Russian forces attempted to secure the Kingdom of Naples against French domination.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars campaign
military campaign
alliedWith Kingdom of Naples
Russian Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
belligerent First French Empire
Kingdom of Italy
surface form: Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

Kingdom of Naples
Russian Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
cause Napoleon’s expansion in Italy
Third Coalition strategy to threaten French southern flank
chronology occurs after British operations in the Mediterranean in 1805
precedes establishment of Joseph Bonaparte as King of Naples
conflict Napoleonic Wars
country Kingdom of Naples
endTime 1806
followedBy French invasion of Naples (1806)
hasCommander André Masséna
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Horatio Nelson
James Henry Craig
Jean Reynier
Karl Mack von Leiberich
Maurice Lacy
Maria Carolina of Savoy
surface form: Queen Maria Carolina of Naples
hasParticipant Army of Italy
surface form: French Army of Italy

Neapolitan Army
Royal Navy
Imperial Russian Army
surface form: Russian Army
involves evacuation of Allied troops after French victories in Central Europe
occupation of Neapolitan territory by Allied forces
location Kingdom of Naples
Southern Italy
objective to open a southern front against Napoleonic France
to secure the Kingdom of Naples against French domination
opponent France
Napoleonic Italy
partOf War of the Third Coalition
relatedTo Battle of Austerlitz
French invasion of Naples (1806)
result Allied withdrawal
Bourbon royal family flight to Sicily
French invasion of Naples (1806)
surface form: French occupation of Naples

French victory
significantFor temporary Allied control of parts of southern Italy
triggering French retribution against the Neapolitan monarchy
startTime 1805

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War of the Third Coalition hasPart Anglo-Russian invasion of Naples (1805)
Paul I of Russia (as coalition leader) alliedWith Anglo-Russian invasion of Naples (1805)
subject surface form: Paul I of Russia
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Naples during the War of the Second Coalition