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554: 138:, who warned evacuation would provoke the French to attack, Craig had the vastly outnumbered British troops depart Naples and set sail for the island of Sicily on 10 January 1806, ending the Anglo-Russian occupation and leaving the Neapolitan army to defend the kingdom on its own. The British fleet reached 102:
However, after receiving the Apulian cities, Ferdinand soon went back on his promise and allied himself with France's enemies Britain and Russia, which landed troops in Naples with his permission in order to guard against a possible French invasion, and to plan an attack on the Napoleonic states in
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After Austerlitz, Napoleon rallied his forces to punish Ferdinand's treason and take possession of all of southern Italy. French troops invaded and conquered the kingdom from 8 February to 18 July 1806.
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sought to secure his southern flank. He was willing to abandon the French-occupied coastal cities in Apulia to Naples in exchange for Neapolitan neutrality in the war ahead. King
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and Roman Anrep. The combined army was too weak and poorly equipped to withstand any serious French attack.
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For his upcoming confrontation with Austria and Russia in Central Europe in autumn 1805, French emperor
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on 2 December 1805, 30,000 French troops were freed up for a campaign against Naples. Tsar
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Counterpoint to Trafalgar: The Anglo-Russian Invasion of Naples, 1805–1806.
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A previous cooperation in July 1799 between British forces led by
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When the combined Austro–Russian Army was dealt a severe blow by
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central and northern Italy. The British commander was general
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1805–1806 occupation during the War of the Third Coalition
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ordered his troops to withdraw from southern Italy to
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Index

British
Russian
Kingdom of Naples
War of the Third Coalition
Horatio Nelson
Fyodor Ushakov
Parthenopean Republic
Kingdom of Naples
Treaty of Florence
Pescara
Brindisi
Otranto
Terra d'Otranto
Napoleon
Ferdinand of Naples and Sicily
James Henry Craig
Maurice Lacy
Napoleon
Battle of Austerlitz
Alexander I of Russia
Corfu
Lord Castlereagh
Hugh Elliot
Messina
Sir James Henry Craig
John Brodrick
Corsican Rangers
Chasseurs Britanniques
Wroth Palmer Acland
20th Regiment of Foot

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