Battle of Inkerman

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The Battle of Inkerman was fought during the Crimean War on 5 November 1854 by the allied armies of the United Kingdom and France against the Imperial Russian Army. The battle broke the will of the Russian Army to defeat the allies in the field, and was followed by the siege of Sevastopol. The role of troops fighting mostly on their own initiative due to the foggy conditions during the battle has earned the engagement the name "The Soldier's Battle." The Russian advance force attacked a fortified British hilltop and captured it, but could not hold it and was forced to fall back in turn. The arrival of Russian reinforcements put the heavily outnumbered British in a critical situation, but French troops soon reached the field to turn the tide of the battle, resulting in a Russian retreat.

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