Siege of Petropavlovsk (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Siege of Petropavlovsk was the main operation on the Pacific Theatre of the Crimean War. The Russian casualties are estimated at 100 soldiers; the Allies lost five times as many.In the China and Japan seas, at the beginning of the war, the Russian Rear-Admiral Yevfimy Putyatin had under his orders the Pallada, 60 guns, Aurora, 44, and Dvina, 12. The British force on the station was under Rear-Admiral David Price (newly-promoted after serving as post captain for 39 years) and the French under Rear-Admiral Auguste Febvrier-Despointes. In total Allied fleet had nine ships and over 200 cannons.