Battle of the Chernaya
| Battle of the Chernaya | |||||||
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| Part of Crimean War | |||||||
Battle of the Tchernaya, August 16th 1855 William Simpson, 1856 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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French Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Ottoman Empire (reserve troops) | Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Aimable Pélissier Alfonso La Màrmora Giovanni Durando Rodolfo Gabrielli di Montevecchio (DOW) Osman Nuri Pasha Sefer Pasha |
Mikhail Gorchakov Pavel Liprandi Nikolay Read † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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36,000: 27,000 French 9,000 Piedmontese 10,000 Ottomans (reserve) | 60,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1,800–1,900 casualties: 1,700 French, 200 Sardinians 250 killed 1,550 wounded |
8,800 casualties: 3,330 killed 3,370 wounded 1,500 captured | ||||||
The Battle of the Chernaya (also Tchernaïa; Russian: Сражение у Черной речки, Сражение у реки Черной, literally: Battle of the Black River) was fought at the Traktir Bridge on the Chernaya River during the Crimean War on August 16, 1855. The battle was fought between Russian, French, Piedmontese and Ottoman troops. The Chernaya River is on the outskirts of Sevastopol, near the line of the allies' siege of the city.
The Russian attack was poorly organised and conducted, and was defeated by the numerically inferior allied forces under commanders A. Pélissier and A. La Marmora.
M. Gorchakov personally participated in the heat of battle, but was unable to tilt the outcome in Russia's favor.