Carmine Crocco, known asDonatelloor sometimesDonatelli (June 5, 1830 - June 18, 1905) was anItalianbrigand. Initially aBourbonsoldier, later he fought in the service ofGiuseppe Garibaldi. Soon after theItalian unificationhe formed an army of two thousand men, leading the most cohesive and feared band in southern Italy and becoming the most formidable leader on the Bourbon side. He was renowned for hisguerrillatactics, such as cutting water supplies, destroying flour-mills, cutting telegraph wires and ambushing stragglers.Although some authors of the 19th and the early 20th century regarded him...