Siege of Corfu (1798–1799)

Siege of Corfu
Part of the War of the Second Coalition

Corfu city and its fortifications in 1800, engraving by André Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Date4 November 1798 – 3 March 1799
Location39°37′26″N 19°55′17″E / 39.62389°N 19.92139°E / 39.62389; 19.92139
Result Russo–Ottoman-Albanian victory
Belligerents
 France
Commanders and leaders
Fyodor Ushakov
Kadir Bey
Ali Pasha of Ioannina
Louis Chabot 
Strength
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
2,931 prisoners

1 ship of the line, 1 frigate, 1 aviso, 1 bomb ketch, 2 brigantines, 6 galleys, 1 canonnière, and 3 merchant ships captured

636 guns and mortars captured

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.