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Show Maida Hill. It is now more than a century since an English army fought in Italy, and won the battle of Maida over the French. Napoleon had vowed to conquer con-quer Sicily, and for that purpose the French pushed on into Calabria, and began to make extensive preparations. But the English forces for the defense de-fense of Sicily prepared to deal a blow on the mainland. A force of 5,000 men landed in the bay of St. Emphe-mia, Emphe-mia, and the battalions of the French fell before the bayonets of the British. Brit-ish. Napoleon's hopes were shattered at a stroke. But the "daiiy-breader" from Kilborn traveling into London, by way of the Edgward road, never suspects sus-pects as he passes by. Maida Hill and Maida Vale, the origin of the name. Christian Science Monitor. . |