Battle of Balaclava

When

25 Oct 1854

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

44.57° N, 33.57° E

Description

1854 battle of the Crimean War

1854 battle of the Crimean War

The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), an attempt by the British, French and Ottoman allies to capture the port and fortress of Sevastopol, Russia's principal naval base on the Black Sea.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Crimean War: Battle of Balaclava – The allies gain an overall victory, except for the disastrous cavalry Charge of the Light Brigade”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Balaklawa kommt es zum Todesritt der leichten Brigade”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “guerre de Crimée : bataille de Balaklava, marquée par la charge de la brigade légère de lord Cardigan - immortalisée dans un poème de Lord Tennyson et au cinéma”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “batalla de Balaclava”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “クリミア戦争: バラクラヴァの戦い”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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