Invasion of Naples (1806)

February 8 – July 18, 1806 · Kingdom of Naples

Result French victory

A French army invaded the Kingdom of Naples after King Ferdinand IV joined the Third Coalition. Ferdinand fled to Sicily, and Napoleon made his brother Joseph king of Naples.

On the map Contemporaries

First French Empire

Kingdom of Naples

France

Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

Kingdom of Naples

United Kingdom

Russian Empire

Kingdom of Sicily

Joseph Bonaparte military commander

André Masséna military commander

Jean Reynier military commander

Guillaume Philibert Duhesme military commander

Sidney Smith military commander

Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies military commander

Roger de Damas military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 33,200

United Kingdom Strength 5,200

Units

British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars