Joseph Bonaparte invaded Naples in force, and on January 13th the King, Queen, and Court set sail for Palermo.

The Anglo-Russian divisions re-embarked and sailed away for Malta and Corfu.

One of the Neapolitan strongholds, Gaeta, held out till the middle of July.

Elsewhere the Bourbon troops gave little trouble.
The conquest of Naples enabled Napoleon to extend his experiment of a federation of Bonapartist Kings.

He announced to Miot de Melito, now appointed one of Joseph's administrators, his intentions in an interview at the Tuileries on January 28th.