Battle of Alma

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. Russian commander Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov rushed his available forces to the last natural defensive position before the city, the Alma Heights, south of the Alma River.

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1854  Wikimedia, Wikidata
battle, Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Russia, 

112th reconnaissance ships, Smetlivyy, 

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1854 Battle of Alma

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1475 Siege of Mangup

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1830 Sevastopol plague uprising

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1854 — 1855 Siege of Sevastopol

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1854 Battle of Balaclava

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1854 Battle of Inkerman

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1855 Battle of Malakoff

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1855 Battle of the Great Redan

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1919 Black Sea mutiny

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1941 — 1942 Siege of Sevastopol

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2014 Capture of Belbek Airport

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2022 — 2020 Sevastopol attacks (2022–present)

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2022 2022 drone attack on the Sevastopol Naval Base

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2023 Sevastopol Shipyard attack

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2023 missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters

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988 — 989 Rus'–Byzantine War

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1525 Bakhchisarai War

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1736 — 1739 Fifth Russo-Turkish War

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The Battle of Alma, the British Troops on the Heights of Alma, Grand Charge of the Guards - ILN 1854

The Field of Alma, after the Battle - ILN 1854

Иллюстрация к статье «Альма» № 2. Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915)

Crimean War; searching for the wounded after the Battle of t Wellcome V0015360

Batalla del río Almá, por Richard Caton Woodville

Hippodrama

French Zouaves storming and capturing Telegraph Hill battle alma

A photograph of an engraving of captured Russian artillery from the Battle of the Alma

La bataille de l'Alma en 1854

La bataille de l'Alma, le 20 septembre 1854

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1300	Principality of Theodoro		Wikidata
area	region	1441	Crimean Khanate		Wikidata
area	region	1917	Crimean People's Republic		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1475	Siege of Mangup	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1830	Sevastopol plague uprising	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1854	Battle of Alma	Ottoman Empire, battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1854	Siege of Sevastopol	Russian Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia, Second French Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, siege, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1854	Battle of Balaclava	battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Ottoman Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1854	Battle of Inkerman	battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1855	Battle of Malakoff	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1855	Battle of the Great Redan	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1919	Black Sea mutiny	Allies of the First World War, Ukrainian People's Republic, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, mutiny, occurrence	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	Siege of Sevastopol	Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, Erich von Manstein, Kingdom of Italy, Independent State of Croatia, Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, Kingdom of Romania, siege, Gheorghe Avramescu, Gordey Levchenko, Filipp Oktyabrsky, Francesco Mimbelli	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2014	Capture of Belbek Airport	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2022	Sevastopol attacks (2022–present)	bombardment, Armed Forces of Ukraine, chain of events	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2022	2022 drone attack on the Sevastopol Naval Base	Armed Forces of Ukraine, naval battle, drone warfare	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2023	Sevastopol Shipyard attack	Armed Forces of Ukraine, military strike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2023	missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters	bombardment, Armed Forces of Ukraine, missile strike	Wikidata
event	war	988	Rus'–Byzantine War	Byzantine Empire, Kievan Rus', war	Wikidata
event	war	1525	Bakhchisarai War	war, Crimean Khanate, Kabardia	Wikidata
event	war	1736	Fifth Russo-Turkish War	Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, Habsburg monarchy, war	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Giulio Cesare	Conte di Cavour-class battleship, dreadnought, battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Khmelnytskyi	Pauk-class corvette, corvette	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1969	Smetlivyy	Project 01090 anti-submarine destroyer, guided missile destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1985	Konstantin Olshansky	tank landing ship, Ropucha-class landing ship	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1938	Sevastopol Shipyard	shipbuilding, ship repair, enterprise, shipyard	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Coastal Mortar Battery No. 7	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Matyukhin Battery	memorial, artillery battery	Wikidata
site	fort		Burun Kaia	tourist attraction, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Chufut-Kale	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Citadel	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		fortress ensemble of Mangup	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		North Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Sarymambash	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Suiren Fortress	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	1840	Konstantin Battery	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	1845	Alexander Battery	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1846	Museum Mikhailovskaya battery	museum, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	1930	Shore Battery No. 30	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	2010	Mikhailovsky ravelin	fortress	Wikidata
site	museum	1904	Siege of Sevastopol	military museum, cultural property, cyclorama, museum	Wikidata
commons	image		The Battle of Alma, the British Troops on the Heights of Alma, Grand Charge of the Guards - ILN 1854		Commons
commons	image		The Field of Alma, after the Battle - ILN 1854		Commons
commons	image		Иллюстрация к статье «Альма» № 2. Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915)		Commons
commons	image		Crimean War; searching for the wounded after the Battle of t Wellcome V0015360		Commons
commons	image		Batalla del río Almá, por Richard Caton Woodville		Commons
commons	image		Hippodrama		Commons
commons	image		French Zouaves storming and capturing Telegraph Hill battle alma		Commons
commons	image		A photograph of an engraving of captured Russian artillery from the Battle of the Alma		Commons
commons	image		La bataille de l'Alma en 1854		Commons
commons	image		La bataille de l'Alma, le 20 septembre 1854		Commons