The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . ns of power in Sardinia and framed a consti-tutional form of government, in the cabinet of which, under Mas-simo dAzeglio, Cavour became successively minister of commerce(1850), minister of finance (1851), and premier (1852). He de-termined to do his utmost to bring about political consolidation inItaly, hence he was ready to assist his fellow-patriot,
The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . ns of power in Sardinia and framed a consti-tutional form of government, in the cabinet of which, under Mas-simo dAzeglio, Cavour became successively minister of commerce(1850), minister of finance (1851), and premier (1852). He de-termined to do his utmost to bring about political consolidation inItaly, hence he was ready to assist his fellow-patriot, Garibaldi, in1860, in forming an expedition to annex Sicily, which was then in astate of insurrection. In March of that year Central Italy had beenannexed to Sardinia, inider King Victor Emmanuel I, a measure ap-proved and assisted by Napoleon III. The insurrection in the Two Sicilies against the Bourbon rule ofFrancis II (son of Ferdinand I) raged chiefly in Naples, Palermo,and ]\Iessina. The Two Sicilies (consolidated by Ferdinand I in1816) comprised the Island of Sicily and that part of southern Italywhich, when considered separately from the island, was called Sicilyon the hither side of Cape Faro (the northeastern promontory of the. 158 THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY 159 island) or the Kingdom of Naples. Over this domain Francis IIruled with so much severity, cruelty, and cowardly oppression thathis Sicilian subjects were quite ready to join Garibaldi when helanded on the island in 1860 and with his army of a thousand mendefeated the Bourbon army at INIarsala on the 15th of that several smaller but successful battles the Garibaldian troopsentered Palermo, the capital, and the gallant commander assumedthe dictatorship of the island. Other brilliant battles followed: onJuly 29 he won a great victory over the Bourbon troops; on July28 the fortress of JNIessina fell into his hands; on August 25 hefought a triumphant battle at Reggio in Calabria, and marched atonce upon
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