Siege of Taganrog

Siege of Taganrog
	Part of the Crimean War
Date	3 June 1855 – 24 November 1855
Location	Taganrog, Russian Empire47°12′15″N 38°56′32″E / 47.20417°N 38.94222°E
Result	See "Conclusion"
Belligerents
Russia	United Kingdom; France
Commanders and leaders
Yegor Tolstoy; Ivan Krasnov; Yevgeny Pfeilizer-Frank	Edmund Lyons; Armand Joseph Bruat; Béral de Sedaiges
Strength
Russia; 3,200 men; 3 warships:; Унылая ("Cheerless"); Секстант ("Sextant"); Акерманъ ("Akkerman"); 2 barges; 3 armed launches	United Kingdom; 2 paddle gunboats; 1 armed raft; 1 unarmed paddle tug; 1 unarmed steam packet; 12 armed launches; France; 2 paddle gunboats; 4 launches
Casualties and losses
470 killed and wounded, including civilians; 3 warships destroyed	1 wounded; 3 prisoners; 1 gunboat destroyed

The siege of Taganrog is a name given in some Russian histories to Anglo-French naval operations in the Sea of Azov between June and November 1855 during the Crimean War. British and French forces were implementing a strategy of destroying the supply lines for the main Russian army which ran through the Sea of Azov. Taganrog was one of the major logistical hubs of the Russian army and was attacked and its military depot destroyed on 3 June 1855 as part of a series of attacks on all major Russian supply bases in the area, except Rostov-on-Don, which could not be reached due to the large shoals not admitting any available warship.^[6]^[7]

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^ ^a ^b The Edinburgh Gazette, 29 June 1855
^ Letters from headquarters or The realities of the war in the Crimea, by Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe (7th baron.), London, 1856
^ P. Filevski, "Taganrog Encyclopedia", Moscow 1898
^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "No. 21734". The London Gazette. 25 June 1855. p. 2453.
^ D.K. Brown, "Before the Ironclad", section titled "Gun boat operations and the Black Sea 1855"
^ A. Lambert, "The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853–56" pgs 247–250

[ReferenceA-2] The Edinburgh Gazette, 29 June 1855

[3] Letters from headquarters or The realities of the war in the Crimea, by Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe (7th baron.), London, 1856

[4] P. Filevski, "Taganrog Encyclopedia", Moscow 1898

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[thegazette.co.uk-6] "No. 21734". The London Gazette. 25 June 1855. p. 2453.

[7] D.K. Brown, "Before the Ironclad", section titled "Gun boat operations and the Black Sea 1855"

[8] A. Lambert, "The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853–56" pgs 247–250

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