The First Pacific War: Britain and Russia, 1854-1856Boydell Press, 2008 - Всего страниц: 207 Survey of the neglected naval campaign of the Crimean War highlights its impact on international relations with China and Japan as well as Russia. The `Crimean War' was much more than a series of battles in the Crimea. One of the most neglected aspects has been the naval campaign in the Pacific Ocean - as highlighted in this full-scale survey, which brings out the involvement of China and Japan. The campaign took a joint British and French squadron from Chile to Kamchatka, to be defeated in battle at Petropavlovsk - where the British Admiral committed suicide. Despite their victory, the Russians withdrew from all their Pacific coastal settlements, and the British and French concentrated on searching for the mouth of the Amur River, thought to be a Russian base. The Russians in turn also concentrated there, in order to build a base, sending repeated expeditions along the river. |
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The Pursuit to Petropavlovsk | 27 |
Japan China the Amur River | 50 |
Petropavlovsk Again | 70 |
The Gulf of Tartary | 87 |
The Sea of Okhotsk | 114 |
The Amur Estuary | 138 |
Plans | 161 |
The Victims | 179 |
Sources and Bibliography | 193 |