Battle of Bomarsund

Quand

août 1854

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

60.21° N, 20.24° E

Description

August 1854 Crimean War battle

Battle of the Åland War

The Battle of Bomarsund, in August 1854, took place during the Åland War, which was part of the Crimean War, when an Anglo-French expeditionary force besieged, captured, and subsequently destroyed a Russian fortress. It was the only major action of the war to take place at Bomarsund in the Baltic Sea.

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• Crimean23 oct. 1853 · Guerre interétatique · Morts 264 200