✦ History

Part of Crimean War

Battle of the Alma

September 20, 1854 · Battle of the Alma

Result Allied victory

The allied armies' first battle in the Crimea, forcing Menshikov's army off the heights above the Alma.

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Allies

Russia

United Kingdom
France
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud military commander FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan military commander
Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
56,500–58,000c. 65,000
Casualties
4,103c. 4,400
Killed
c. 630
Wounded
c. 3,770
Guns
c. 108
Strength
37,500c. 35,000
Casualties
c. 5,700c. 5,800
Killed
c. 1,820
Wounded
c. 3,180
Missing
c. 800
Guns
c. 92

Units

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

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