Black Sea theatre
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Was the Black Sea theatre of the Crimean War.
Chronology
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September 1855: Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855).
September 1854: Anchoring on 13 September in the bay of Eupatoria, the town surrendered and 500 marines landed to occupy it.
March 1856: Moldavia and Walachia (Romania) were recognized as quasi-independent states under Ottoman suzerainty. They gained the left bank of the mouth of the Danube and part of Bessarabia from Russia.
June 1855: In May 1855, the allies successfully invaded Kerch.
September 1854: The ships then sailed east to make the landing of the allied expeditionary force on the sandy beaches of Calamita Bay on the south west coast of the Crimean Peninsula.
September 1854: The allies advanced and on the morning of 20 September came up to the River Alma and engaged the Russian army.
September 1854: The whole army began to march southeast and encircled the city from the south, after establishing port facilities at Balaclava for the British and at Kamiesch.
October 1855: Battle of Kinburn. Russian defeat. The Russians handed over Kinburn Fort to the Anglo-French.
Selected Sources
Tucker, S.C. (2011) Battles that changed History - An Encyclopedia of World Conflict, ABC-CLIO, p.330
