"Siege of Taganrog"@en . "Russia" . . "1,900 men" . . . "France" . "1 steamer" . . "16,000 men" . "20 gunboats" . "United Kingdom" . "2 gunboats" . . "Russian victory" . . "17 steam boats" . . . "The Siege of Taganrog was a series of military actions between June and August 1855 during the Crimean War. British and French forces attempted to capture the city of Taganrog and so gain access to Rostov-on-Don, an important city for Russian military operations in the Caucasus."@en . . "20 commercial vessels destroyed" . "Unknown" . . .