✦ History

Part of Crimean War

Battle of the Chernaya

August 16, 1855 · Battle of the Chernaya

Result Allied victory

The last Russian attempt to relieve Sevastopol, beaten by the French and Sardinians.

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Allies

Russia

France
Kingdom of Sardinia
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora military commander Osman Nuri Pasha military commander Aimable Pélissier military commander Giovanni Durando military commander
Pavel Liprandi military commander Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
36,000
Casualties
1,800–1,900
Killed
250
Wounded
1,550
Strength
60,000
Casualties
8,800
Killed
3,330
Wounded
3,370
Captured
1,500

Units

French Army of the East (1854–1856) Sardinian Expeditionary Corps (1855–1856)
Russian army in the Crimea (1854–1856)