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Ottoman army on the Danube (1853–1855)

Army · Ottoman Empire · October 1, 1853 – March 30, 1856

Omar Pasha's army, which held the Danube in 1853-54 and then Eupatoria in the Crimea.

View on map Fought in Crimean War

Movements

November 4, 1853 Beats the Russians at Oltenița Map
May 15, 1854 – June 23, 1854 Holds Silistra against a Russian siege Map
February 17, 1855 – March 30, 1856 Holds Eupatoria Map