Battle of Alma

Quand

20 sept. 1854

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

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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