Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Maida (Napoleonic Wars).

Fought July 4, 1806, between the British expeditionary force in Calabria, 5,000 strong, under Sir John Stuart, and the French, in equal strength, under General Reynier. The British charged with the bayonet, and the French, though veterans, failing to withstand the onslaught, broke and fled, losing very heavily in the pursuit.