Siege of Corfu (1798–1799)
| 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 | |||||||
| France | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Fyodor Ushakov Kadir Bey Ali Pasha of Ioannina | Louis Chabot | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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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 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.