French Army in the Crimean War

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/French_Army_in_the_Crimean_War

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeYears	1853-1856
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Ottoman_Empire gptkb:Kingdom_of_Sardinia
gptkbp:baseOfOperations	gptkb:Constantinople gptkb:Crimean_Peninsula gptkb:Varna gptkb:Gallipoli
gptkbp:casualties	approximately 95,000
gptkbp:causeOfCasualties	gptkb:disease combat
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Jacques_Leroy_de_Saint_Arnaud gptkb:François_Certain_Canrobert gptkb:Aimable_Pélissier
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Crimean_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	French Army in the Crimean War
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Alma gptkb:Battle_of_Balaclava gptkb:Battle_of_Inkerman gptkb:Siege_of_Sevastopol
gptkbp:notableContributor	led final assault on Sevastopol major role in Allied victory provided largest Allied contingent
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:capture_of_Sevastopol gptkb:storming_of_Malakoff
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Patrice_de_MacMahon gptkb:Napoleon_III gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Pellissier gptkb:Pierre_Bosquet
gptkbp:notableLogistics	improved medical services suffered from supply shortages use of hospital ships
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Zouaves gptkb:Imperial_Guard gptkb:Chasseurs_d'Afrique gptkb:Foreign_Legion gptkb:Cavalry artillery Line Infantry
gptkbp:notableWinner	gptkb:Légion_d'honneur
gptkbp:numberOfTroops	approximately 300,000
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Second_French_Empire
gptkbp:technology	gptkb:Minié_rifle railways for supply rifled artillery
gptkbp:uniform	red trousers, blue coats (line infantry)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Jacques_Leroy_de_Saint-Arnaud gptkb:Aimable_Pélissier
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6