French expeditionary corps in the Crimea

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French military formation expeditionary force military unit

The French expeditionary corps in the Crimea was the main French military force deployed to fight alongside Britain and the Ottoman Empire against Russia during the Crimean War (1853–1856).

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Label Occurrences
French expeditionary corps in America 1
French expeditionary corps in the Crimea canonical 1
French expeditionary force in the Crimea 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French military formation ⓘ
expeditionary force ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
ally Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
approximateStrength about 300000 soldiers over the course of the war ⓘ
branch artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
casualties tens of thousands killed or wounded ⓘ
casualtiesCause combat ⓘ
disease ⓘ
conflict Crimean War ⓘ
country France ⓘ
endTime 1856 ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Alma ⓘ
Battle of Balaclava ⓘ
Battle of Inkerman ⓘ
Battle of the Chernaya ⓘ
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Sevastopol
garrison camp of Gallipoli (initial staging area) ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to Allied victory in the Crimean War ⓘ
demonstrated French military power after the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
location Crimea ⓘ
logisticalBase Marseille ⓘ
Toulon ⓘ
notableCommander Aimable Pélissier ⓘ
François Certain Canrobert ⓘ
surface form: François Certain de Canrobert

Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud ⓘ
notableEvent major role in the fall of Sevastopol ⓘ
notableUnit Chasseurs à pied ⓘ
French Foreign Legion ⓘ
French Zouaves ⓘ
opponent Russian Empire ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of the Crimean War ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces in the Crimean War

French Army ⓘ
purpose contain Russian expansion in the Black Sea ⓘ
support the Ottoman Empire against Russia ⓘ
startTime 1854 ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ
surface form: French Ministry of War
suppliedBy French Navy ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Black Sea region ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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François Certain Canrobert → commanded → French expeditionary corps in the Crimea ⓘ
French Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment → alliedWith → French expeditionary corps in the Crimea ⓘ
this entity surface form: French expeditionary corps in America
Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud → commanded → French expeditionary corps in the Crimea ⓘ
this entity surface form: French expeditionary force in the Crimea