| Siege of Silistra (1773) | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_1773_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_(1874).jpg) Plan of Russian military operations around Silistra in June 1773 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Osman Pasha Seyyid Hasan Pasha Çerkes Pasha |
Pyotr Rumyantsev Aleksey Stupishin Grigory Potemkin Otto Weismann Iosif Igelström Fyodor Glebov Nikolai Kokovinsky Franz Klitschka Mikhail Leontyev Henry Lloyd | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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21,380 to 50,000[1] 74 field guns Numerous mortars | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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18 June: 600 casualties (Bogdanovich)[3] |
18 June: 8,000 killed 1,000 injured (von Hammer-Purgstall)[4] 300 casualties (Bogdanovich)[3] Total: Bodart: 5,000 killed, 14 cannons[1] | ||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Europe_relief_laea_location_map.jpg)  Location within Europe &sq=&lang=&file=File:Relief_Map_of_Bulgaria.jpg) Siege of Silistra (1773) (Bulgaria) | |||||||
The siege of Silistra,[b] was a military siege undertaken by Russia between 18 and 29 June 1773 against the Ottoman city of Silistria. The siege was an important phase of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), and resulted in an Ottoman victory.
- ^ a b c Bodart 1908, p. 253.
- ^ Davies 2016, p. 196.
- ^ a b Bogdanovich 1852, p. 65.
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