Siege Of Silistra
Siege of Silistria or Silistra may refer to: * Siege of Silistra (1773), during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 * Siege of Silistra (1828), during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829 * Siege of Silistra (1829), during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829 * Siege of Silistria (1854), during the Crimean War {{Disambiguation ...
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Siege Of Silistra (1773)
The siege of Silistra 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. Prelude In 1773, Catherine the Great ordered for Pyotr Rumyantsev to march with his army onto Silistra to pressure the Ottoman Empire into peace. With this, he crossed the Danube with a tens-of-thousands-strong force after a pontoon bridge was built across the Galitsa. Grigory Potemkin and Otto Weismann's forces were at the front of this army. Rumyantsev ordered Major-general to have roads built out to Silistra. On 12 June, Potemkin and Weismann were sent in two columns towards Silistra. They were both under the command of . There was constant fighting between Ottoman and Russian troops before they reached the fortress on 15 June. Stupishin sent a letter the same day to Serasker Halıcı Osman Pasha (the ethnically Armenian pasha defendi ...
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Siege Of Silistra (1828)
The siege of Silistra (July 21 – November 8, 1828) was a siege during the Russo-Turkish War, 1828–1829. Siege General Roth, who besieged Silistra on July 21, had 10,000 men and 36 cannons under his command. In response to the heavy artillery fire of the Russian side throughout August, the Turkish garrison managed to inflict losses on the besiegers with sortie operations. On September 11, in order to ensure that the military troops and ammunition reinforcements coming from Shumen could enter the castle, the attack was made with the support of heavy artillery fire from the castle, and 5,000 additional Turkish soldiers and ammunition entered the Silistra castle. The effective exit from the castle on September 27 cost the Russian army more than 2,000 casualties, compared to the Turkish garrison's loss of 500 soldiers. After heavy losses, the besieging Russian army was reinforced with the 2nd Infantry Corps and 62 siege guns coming from Russian Empire. In this way, the total ...
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Siege Of Silistra (1829)
Siege of Silistria or Silistra may refer to: * Siege of Silistra (1773), during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 * Siege of Silistra (1828), during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829 * Siege of Silistra (1829), during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829 * Siege of Silistria (1854) The siege of Silistria, or siege of Silistra, took place during the Crimean War, from 11 May to 23 June 1854, when Russian forces besieged the Ottoman fortress of Silistria (present-day Bulgaria). Sustained Ottoman resistance had allowed Fren ...