Battle of Alma

When

20 Sep 1854

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

44.83° N, 33.67° E

Description

1854 first battle of the Crimean War

1854 battle of the Crimean War

The Battle of the Alma took place during the Crimean War between an allied expeditionary force and Russian forces defending the Crimean Peninsula on 20 September 1854. The allies had made a surprise landing in Crimea on 14 September. The allied commanders, Maréchal Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud and Lord Raglan, then marched toward the strategically important port city of Sevastopol, 45 km away.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Crimean War: Battle of Alma – The French–British alliance wins the first major land engagement of the war”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht an der Alma erringen Briten und Franzosen ihren ersten Sieg gegen Russland auf der Krim”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le maréchal de Saint-Arnaud et le Britannique Lord Raglan battent l’amiral russe Menchikov à la bataille de l’Alma”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Crimean23 Oct 1853 · Interstate war · Deaths 264,200