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Battle of Rieti
- When
- 7 March 1821
- Where
- Rieti
Austrian forces defeated Neapolitan rebels at Rieti on 7 March 1821, marking the first engagement of the intervention.
General Johann Frimont led an Austrian army of 14,500 against General Guglielmo Pepe's 10,000 Neapolitan rebels. The Austrian victory at Rieti, also known as Antrodoco, was the initial military success of the intervention against the Neapolitan constitutional rebels.
Sources
- Battle of Rieti Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15
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