‘A disastrous affair’; the Franco-British attack on Petropavlovsk, 1854
Abstract The battle of Petropavlovsk in August/September 1854 was a significant though little known victory for the Russians during the Crimean War. Petropavlovsk, i n Kamchatka, was attacked by a Franco-British naval force intending to destroy Russian ships within the harbour and to render the port...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s003224740000632x 2024-04-28T08:26:56+00:00 ‘A disastrous affair’; the Franco-British attack on Petropavlovsk, 1854 Stone, I. R. Crampton, R. J. 1985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740000632x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740000632X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 22, issue 141, page 629-641 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1985 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s003224740000632x 2024-04-09T06:55:12Z Abstract The battle of Petropavlovsk in August/September 1854 was a significant though little known victory for the Russians during the Crimean War. Petropavlovsk, i n Kamchatka, was attacked by a Franco-British naval force intending to destroy Russian ships within the harbour and to render the port unusable as a naval base. Allied plans were disrupted by the death ofthe commander in chief, the British Admiral Price, just before the action was joined. A bombardment on 31 August badly damaged the harbour defences and, if followed up, would probably have resulted in success. After a gap of three days, the allies mounted a landing in the rear of the town which was, after severefighting, repelled by the Russians. After this defeat, the squadron dispersed t o ports on the other side of the Pacific. Article in Journal/Newspaper Kamchatka Polar Record Cambridge University Press Polar Record 22 141 629 641 |
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Abstract The battle of Petropavlovsk in August/September 1854 was a significant though little known victory for the Russians during the Crimean War. Petropavlovsk, i n Kamchatka, was attacked by a Franco-British naval force intending to destroy Russian ships within the harbour and to render the port unusable as a naval base. Allied plans were disrupted by the death ofthe commander in chief, the British Admiral Price, just before the action was joined. A bombardment on 31 August badly damaged the harbour defences and, if followed up, would probably have resulted in success. After a gap of three days, the allies mounted a landing in the rear of the town which was, after severefighting, repelled by the Russians. After this defeat, the squadron dispersed t o ports on the other side of the Pacific. |
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