Battle of Balaclava
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battle-of-balaclava-161-14110840
title:
Battle of Balaclava
text:
The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), an Allied attempt to capture the port and fortress of Sevastopol, Russia's principal naval base on the Black Sea. The engagement followed the earlier Allied victory in September at the Battle of the Alma, where the Russian General Menshikov had positioned his army in an attempt to stop the Allies progressing south towards their strategic goal. Alma was the first major encount
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1854 battle of the Crimean War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Balaclava
date created:
2003-04-04T14:14:02Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T11:39:09Z
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