Arms and Armour

Battle of Bomarsund

The Battle of Bomarsund, in August 1854, took place during the Åland War, which was part of the Crimean War, when an Anglo-French expeditionary force besieged, captured, and subsequently destroyed a Russian fortress. It was the only major action of the war to take place at Bomarsund in the Baltic Sea.

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See also

• ▸Cetbang
• ▸Bull Island
• ▸Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins

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