Siege of Silistria

Siege of Silistria
Part of the Crimean War

"Victorious sally by the Turkish garrison of Silistria"
Illustration by unknown artist
Date11 May – 23 June 1854[1]
Location
Silistria, Ottoman Bulgaria
44°7′9.01″N 27°15′40.9″E / 44.1191694°N 27.261361°E / 44.1191694; 27.261361
Result Ottoman victory.
Belligerents

Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire

Russian Empire Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Strength
12,000–18,000[2] 50,000–90,000[3][a]
266 guns[4]
Casualties and losses
1,400 killed[5] 2,500 killed[b]
1,783[7]–1,987 wounded[8]

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 French and British troops to build up a significant army in nearby Varna. Under additional pressure from Austria, the Russian command, which was about to launch a final assault on the fortress town, was ordered to lift the siege and retreat from the area, thus ending the Danubian phase of the Crimean War.[3]

  1. ^ Sweetman 2014, p. 7.
  2. ^ Reid 2000, p. 256.
  3. ^ a b Ágoston and Masters 2010, p. 162.
  4. ^ a b Candan Badem 2010, p. 184.
  5. ^ Tyrrell 1855, p. 139.
  6. ^ Winfried Baumgart 2020, p. 110.
  7. ^ Ponting 2011, p. 65.
  8. ^ Егоршина 2023, p. 432.


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