Siege of Silistra (1828)

Siege of Silistra
Part of the Russo-Turkish War

Silistra Castle
Date21 July – 8 November 1828
Location
Silistra
44°7′7.00″N 27°15′37.01″E / 44.1186111°N 27.2602806°E / 44.1186111; 27.2602806
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Peter Wittgenstein
Louis de Langeron
Loggin Osipovich Roth
Georgi Mamarchev		 Ahmed Paşa
Strength
30,000 12,000
Casualties and losses
7,000 killed and wounded 3,000 killed and wounded

The siege of Silistra (July 21 – November 8, 1828) was a siege during the Russo-Turkish War, 1828–1829.

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