✦ History

Part of Crimean War

Battle of Inkerman

November 5, 1854 · Battle of Inkerman

Result Anglo-French victory

A Russian attack in fog on the British right, beaten with French help.

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Allies

Russia

United Kingdom
France
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan military commander François Certain de Canrobert military commander Pierre Bosquet military commander
Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
16,000c. 54,000
Casualties
4,105c. 7,000
Killed
c. 1,500
Wounded
c. 5,500
Guns
56c. 84
Strength
35,000–40,500c. 56,000
Casualties
c. 12,000
Killed
c. 3,000
Wounded
c. 9,000
Guns
c. 246

Units

British Army of the East (1854–1856) French Army of the East (1854–1856) 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
Russian army in the Crimea (1854–1856)

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