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431:Great Redan
392:Suomenlinna
340:Başgedikler
335:Akhaltsikhe
291:Crimean War
114: /
44:Crimean War
1254:Categories
1125:References
789:Denby Dale
688:Dannenberg
661:Home Ridge
640:smoothbore
525:Sevastopol
517:Sevastopol
421:Sevastopol
102:33°35′31″E
99:44°35′06″N
865:Citations
777:St Albans
739:Aftermath
549:Balaclava
541:Balaclava
460:Eupatoria
438:Balaclava
387:Bomarsund
382:Halkokari
377:Åland War
355:Kurekdere
323:Silistria
819:See also
785:Knaphill
655:Chernaia
470:Chernaya
465:Taganrog
455:Inkerman
426:Malakoff
329:Caucasus
308:Oltenița
232:Strength
82:Inkerman
77:Location
1190:5 April
1162:9 April
857:return.
801:and an
781:Preston
684:Zouaves
643:muskets
564:Assault
501:Russian
493:Britain
404:Kinburn
350:Choloki
345:Nigoiti
318:Calafat
302:Balkans
755:Legacy
559:Battle
497:France
410:Crimea
313:Cetate
240:40,500
237:15,700
183:Russia
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168:France
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127:Result
90:Russia
1227:Times
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