Point of Interest
Village of Inkerman
Street Address: Inkerman, New Brunswick
The Village of Inkerman was named for a battle of the Crimean War. When the territorial integrity of Turkey was threatened by Russia, both Great Britain and France honoured their obligations to Turkey by declaring war on Russia. The objective was to destroy the Russian naval base of Sebastopol in Crimea on the Black Sea. The Battle of Inkerman was the last of three field battles which preceded the Siege of Sebastopol. The battle was fought on 5 November 1854 with a full scale Russian attack upon the British lines, resulting in 2,357 British, 939 French and 11,800 Russian casualties. Although it was a major Russian defeat, the courage of the Russian soldiers convinced the Allies not to attempt a quick assault on Sebastopol, but to undertake a formal and protracted siege.