What the records say
- When
- 4 Nov 1798 – 3 Mar 1799
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 39.62° N, 19.92° E
- Description
- 1798–1799 siege
Siege of Corfu (1798–1799)
Russian and Ottoman military offensive during the War of the Second Coalition
The Siege of Corfu was a military operation by a joint Russian and Turkish fleet against French troops occupying the fortified island of Corfu; ended in Coalition victory. Corfu fortifications had a strong reputation, but by the siege time they were in a parlous state.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “24 октября 1798—1799 — осада Корфу”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page