Battle of Oltenitza

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The Battle of Oltenitza was an 1853 engagement of the Crimean War in which Ottoman forces crossed the Danube and clashed with the Russian army near the town of Oltenița in Wallachia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
combatType land battle ⓘ
commander Omer Pasha ⓘ
linked to: Omar Pasha

Peter Dannenberg ⓘ
conflict Crimean War ⓘ
conflictType Ottoman–Russian War within the Crimean War context ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date 1853-11-04 ⓘ
endDate 1853-11-04 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Cetate ⓘ
hasCasualties Ottoman forces ⓘ
Russian forces ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
involved Ottoman infantry ⓘ
Russian infantry ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
location Danube River ⓘ
linked to: Danube

Oltenița ⓘ
Wallachia ⓘ
notableFor first significant Ottoman–Russian clash of the Crimean War on the Danube front ⓘ
opponent Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
partOf Danube campaign of the Crimean War ⓘ
linked to: Danube campaign
precededBy Russian occupation of the Danubian Principalities ⓘ
presentDayLocation Oltenița, Călărași County, Romania ⓘ
region Balkan Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
result Ottoman victory ⓘ
riverCrossed Danube River ⓘ
linked to: Danube
startDate 1853-11-04 ⓘ
strategicObjective establish Ottoman bridgehead on the left bank of the Danube ⓘ
territorialContext Danubian Principalities ⓘ
theatre Danubian front of the Crimean War ⓘ
year 1853 ⓘ

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Danube campaign → hasPart → Battle of Oltenitza ⓘ
Oltenița → historicallyNotedFor → Battle of Oltenitza ⓘ
Oltenița → battleOccurredAt → Battle of Oltenitza ⓘ
Oltenița → dateOfEvent → Battle of Oltenitza, November 1853 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Oltenitza