Siege of Lemnos (1770)

Siege of Lemnos (1770)
Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
Date 4 August – 22 October 1770 Location Myrina, Lemnos, Ottoman Empire 39°52′40″N 23°03′19″E / 39.87778°N 23.05528°E / 39.87778; 23.05528 Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha	Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov
Strength
1,420	4,000
Casualties and losses
150	800

The Siege of Lemnos in 1770 was part of the Aegean theatre of the Russo-Turkish war (1768–1774). The Russian navy under the command of Count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, which besieged the castle of Myrina on Lemnos between August 4 and October 22, 1770, retreated to the island of Paros after the Russian siege forces were defeated by the Ottomans under the command of Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, who landed on the island.