What the records say
- When
- 1807
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 40.20° N, 26.40° E
- Description
- 1807 battle of the Anglo-Turkish War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Dardanelles operation (1807)
1807 battle of the Anglo-Turkish War
The Dardanelles operation was a failed assault in 1807 by the Royal Navy against the coastal fortifications of Constantinople. The operation was part of the Anglo-Turkish War. In 1806, the French envoy Sebastiani had been dispatched to Constantinople with orders to bring about Ottoman Turkey's re-entry into the Napoleonic Wars.
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