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Battle of Inkerman

Battle of Inkerman was a battle fought on 5 November 1854 at Inkerman, in what is now Russia. It was part of the Crimean War, which ran from 1853 to 1856. The recorded result: Anglo-French victory.

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Fought5 November 1854
WhereInkerman, Russia44.585N, 33.592E
OutcomeAnglo-French victory
BelligerentsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Second French EmpireagainstRussian Empire
Part ofCrimean War1853 to 1856

Where it sits in the Crimean War

Battle of Oltenița, 1853Battle of Pitsunda, 1853Battle of Akhaltsikhe, 1853Battle of Shekvetili, 1853Battle of Sinop, 1853Battle of Başgedikler, 1853Battle of Cetate, 1853Siege of Sevastopol, 1854Siege of Silistra (1854), 1854Bombardment of Odesa, 1854Battle of Nigoiti, 1854Battle of the Choloki, 1854Battle of Kurekdere, 1854Siege of Petropavlovsk, 1854Battle of Alma, 1854Battle of Balaclava, 1854Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854Thin Red Line, 1854Battle of Inkerman, 1854Battle of Eupatoria, 1855Battle of Malakoff, 1855Battle of Suomenlinna, 1855Battle of the Chernaya, 1855Battle of the Great Redan, 1855Battle of Kanghil, 1855Battle of Kinburn, 1855Battle of Enguri, 1855Siege of Taganrog, 1855Siege of Kars, 185518531855Battle of Inkerman, 1854
29 placed engagements of the Crimean War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date5 November 1854
PlaceInkerman, Russia
44.585N, 33.592E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength16,000
Commanders
Battle of InkermanBattle of InkermanBattle of BalaclavaBattle of MalakoffSiege of SevastopolCharge of the Light BrigadeThin Red LineBattle of MalakoffCharge of the Light BrigadeSimferopolYevpatoriyaDzhankoy100 km44.585N, 33.592E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Inkerman
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Inkerman today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-09-23. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 173 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 277 m, 277 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 43% tree cover, 30% built-up, 22% grassland.

tree cover: 43%built-up: 30%grassland: 22%cropland: 3%tree cover 43%built-up 30%grassland 22%cropland 3%
west to east, 10.0 km4 to 186 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 199 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 9 times between 1434 and 1941.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1854

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: RUSS ARMYDefender: BR & FR ARMY
Strength42,00016,000
Casualties15,187 (36.2%)4,105 (25.7%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1035
Outcomedefender won
Duration1 day
Front width2.5 km2.5 km
Attacker advanced0 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 166), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Inkerman is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 425 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q770536, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Inkerman, revision 1382650524, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.