"Crimean War" in the Far East...!


What we call the “Crimean War” did not only take place in the Crimea and the Balkans!

Even in the Far East, the British and French are trying to take down their Russian enemies!

On August 18, 1854, one of the British frigates "President" (52 guns), "Pike" (44 guns) and the steamer "Virago"...



... with six heavy siege guns and the French frigates "Fort" (60 guns), "Eurydice" (32 guns) and the brig "Obligado" (18 guns) launched an attack on the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamschatskij on the Kamchatka Peninsula...:





The detachment is under the command of the British admiral David Price...:



However, in previous years, thanks to the foresight of Far East governor Nikolai Murawjow-Amurskij…



… the city was been well fortified...:



However, the Russians only have a small garrison of several hundred men and 67 guns at their disposal, led by Admiral Jegorow Sawojko...



They are opposed by far superior numbers of Allied landing troops and 218 ship guns.

After a heavy bombardement...



... 600 British and French soldiers land south of the city, but after heavy fighting they are repulsed by the only 230 defenders and forced to retreat.



The Russians capture this British regimental flag...:



On August 24th the Allies will try again and launch a second attack with 970 men east of the city...:



However, they are again unable to assert themselves against the Russian troops, which have meanwhile been reinforced - this time there are 360 soldiers - and are again forced to withdraw.

A defeated British-French armada then leaves Russian waters.

Russian losses are about 100 men, British and French losses are about five times higher.

Admiral Price is among the dead.

Like the thoroughly failed raid on Odessa on April 21 and 24, 1854...





... the defeat at Petropawlowsk is also an event that does not appear at all or only as a footnote in the legends of victory, especially that of the British...

On the Russian side, the successful defense of Petropawlowsk-Kamschatskij is of course commemorated with a memorial, where a commemoration event is held annually on the anniversary of the victory...:

Very good - after reding this you will know all about one of the most stupid wars in history...: