battle, major, nineteenth century
Battle of Inkerman
Battle of Inkerman was a battle fought on 5 November 1854 at Inkerman, in what is now Russia. It was part of the Crimean War, which ran from 1853 to 1856. The recorded result: Anglo-French victory.
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Record
| Date | 5 November 1854 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Inkerman, Russia 44.585N, 33.592E | |
| Part of | Crimean War (1853 to 1856) | |
| Kind | Battle, nineteenth century | |
| Result | Anglo-French victory | |
| Belligerents | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Second French Empire | Russian Empire |
| Commanders | FitzRoy Somerset; François Canrobert; Pierre Bosquet | Alexander Menshikov |
| Strength | 16,000 | |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Balaclava 1854, 2.1 km
- Battle of Malakoff 1855, 4.0 km
- Siege of Sevastopol 1941, 4.6 km
- Charge of the Light Brigade 1854, 5.8 km
- Thin Red Line 1854, 6.9 km
In the same war
- Before: Thin Red Line 25 October 1854
- After: Battle of Eupatoria 17 February 1855
- All 24 engagements of Crimean War
Elsewhere in 1854
- Grattan massacre United States
- Battle of Bomarsund Finland
- Siege of Calafat Romania
- Battle of the Diablo Mountains United States
Battle of Inkerman is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 186 in present-day Russia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q770536, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Inkerman, revision 1382650524, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.