Milazzo (anc. Mylæ), a fortified seaport of Sicily, on a promontory 21 miles W. of Messina. Off Mylæ in 260 B.C. the Romans won a great sea-fight over the Carthaginians; and here on 20th July 1860 Garibaldi, with 2500 men, defeated 7000 Neapolitans, and compelled the garrison to evacuate the fortress. Pop. 7971.
Milazzo
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 189
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