Battle of Alma

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Alma was the first major engagement of the Crimean War, in which allied British and French forces defeated the Russian army near the Alma River in 1854.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	Battle of the Alma →
belligerent	Ottoman Empire → Russian Empire → Second French Empire → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
BritishCommander	Lord Raglan →
campaign	Crimean campaign of 1854–1855 →
casualties	heavy on both sides →
combatant	British Army → French Army → Imperial Russian Army → Ottoman Army →
commander	FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan → Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud → Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov →
conflictOf	Crimean War →
conflictType	European land battle →
country	Russian Empire →
date	20 September 1854 →
followedBy	Battle of Balaclava → Battle of Inkerman →
FrenchCommander	Marshal Saint-Arnaud →
hasPart	assault on the Great Redoubt →
historicalPeriod	19th century →
involvedBranch	artillery → cavalry → infantry →
location	Alma River → Crimea → Russian Empire →
notableFeature	steep heights above the Alma River →
notableUnit	British Light Division → French Zouaves →
partOf	Crimean War →
precededBy	Allied landing at Eupatoria →
primaryObjective	Advance on Sevastopol →
result	Allied victory → British and French victory →
river	Alma River →
RussianCommander	Prince Menshikov →
significance	first major engagement of the Crimean War →
strategicOutcome	opened the road toward Sevastopol for the Allies →
tacticUsed	frontal assault on Russian positions →
theatre	Black Sea theatre of the Crimean War →
year	1854 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Balaclava → Battle of the Chernaya ("Battle of the Great Redan (first assault)") → Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) →	precededBy
Battle of Alma ("Battle of the Alma") →	alsoKnownAs
Colin Campbell →	battle
Crimean War →	hasPart
Pont de l’Alma →	namedAfter
François Certain Canrobert →	participatedIn