Siege of Corfu (1798–1799)
Russian and Ottoman military offensive during the War of the Second Coalition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other sieges of Corfu, see Siege of Corfu (disambiguation).
The siege of Corfu (November 1798 – March 1799) was a military operation by a joint Russian and Turkish fleet against French troops occupying the island of Corfu.
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Siege of Corfu | |||||||
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Part of the War of the Second Coalition | |||||||
Corfu city and its fortifications in 1800, engraving by André Grasset de Saint-Sauveur | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russia Ottoman Empire Pashalik of Yanina[1] | France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Fyodor Ushakov Kadir Bey Ali Pasha of Ioannina | Louis Chabot | ||||||
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6,150 12 ships of the line 11 frigate |
3,500 2 ships of the line 1 frigate | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
298 killed or wounded |
600 killed or wounded 1 ship of the line, 1 frigate, 1 aviso, 1 bomb ketch, 2 brigantines, 6 galleys, 1 canonnière, and 3 merchant ships captured[2] 636 guns and mortars captured[2] |
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