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‘A disastrous affair’; the Franco-British attack on Petropavlovsk, 1854

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

I. R. Stone  and
R. J. Crampton
I. R. Stone
Affiliation:
University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury CT2 7NR
R. J. Crampton
Affiliation:
University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury CT2 7NR
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Abstract

The battle of Petropavlovsk in August/September 1854 was a significant though little known victory for the Russians during the Crimean War. Petropavlovsk, i n Kamchatka, was attacked by a Franco-British naval force intending to destroy Russian ships within the harbour and to render the port unusable as a naval base. Allied plans were disrupted by the death ofthe commander in chief, the British Admiral Price, just before the action was joined. A bombardment on 31 August badly damaged the harbour defences and, if followed up, would probably have resulted in success. After a gap of three days, the allies mounted a landing in the rear of the town which was, after severefighting, repelled by the Russians. After this defeat, the squadron dispersed t o ports on the other side of the Pacific.

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Polar Record , Volume 22 , Issue 141 , September 1985 , pp. 629 - 641
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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