Great Britain · Warfare / Crimean War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Tsar sends his troops into Moldova and Wallachia (the "Danubian Principalities"), Great Britain, seeking to maintain the security of the Ottoman Empire, sends a fleet to the Dardanelles, where it joined another fleet sent by France.
The fleet is ordered to Besika Bay to warn Russia not to attack the Ottoman Empire.
A joint Anglo-French force is moved to Varna to repel the Russian Invasion of Bulgaria.
Moves British troops to Varna before the Crimean landing.
The Allied force departs to the Crimean Peninsula in a convoy of 150 warships.
The Allied force lands at Old Fort on an open beach 30 miles North of Sevastopol.
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