Battle of the Chernaya

Battle of the Chernaya
Part of Crimean War
Battle of the Tchernaya, August 16th 1855 William Simpson, 1856
Date August 16, 1855 Location Chyornaya River, Russian Empire 44°33′26″N 33°38′50″E / 44.55722°N 33.64722°E / 44.55722; 33.64722 Result Allied victory[3]
Belligerents
French Empire  Kingdom of Sardinia[1]  Ottoman Empire[2]	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Aimable Pélissier Alfonso La Màrmora[1] Giovanni Durando[1] Osman Nuri Pasha[2]	Mikhail Gorchakov Pavel Liprandi Nikolay Read [ru] †
Strength
36,000: 27,000 French 9,000 Piedmontese[4] 10,000 Ottomans	60,000[4]
Casualties and losses
1,800–1,900 casualties:(1,700 French, 200 Sardinians[4]) 250 killed 1,550 wounded[5]	8,800 casualties: 3,330 killed 3,370 wounded 1,500 captured[6]

The Battle of the Chernaya (also Tchernaïa; Russian: Сражение у Черной речки, Сражение у реки Черной, literally: Battle of the Black River) was fought near to the Chernaya River during the Crimean War on August 16, 1855. The battle was fought between Russian, French, Piedmontese and Ottoman troops. The Chernaya River is on the outskirts of Sevastopol, near the line of the allies' siege of the city. The battle ended in a Russian retreat and a victory for the French, Piedmontese, and Ottomans.