siege, early modern

Siege of Silistra (1773)

Name: Siege of Silistra (1773)
Location: Silistra, Bulgaria

Siege of Silistra (1773) was a siege conducted in 1773 at Silistra, in what is now Bulgaria. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Silistra. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: 70,000; 24,000 to 30,000 garrison; 7,000 relief force; 33,000 unengaged against 21,380 to 50,000; 74 field guns; Numerous mortars.

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Fought1773

WhereSilistra, Bulgaria44.109N, 27.265E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstRussian Empire

Record

Date	1773 (year precision) to 1773
Place	Silistra, Bulgaria 44.109N, 27.265E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	70,000; 24,000 to 30,000 garrison; 7,000 relief force; 33,000 unengaged	21,380 to 50,000; 74 field guns; Numerous mortars
Casualties and losses	18 June: 600 casualties (Bogdanovich)	18 June: 8,000 killed; 1,000 injured; (von Hammer-Purgstall); 300 casualties (Bogdanovich); Total: Bodart: 5,000, 14 cannons
Commanders	Halıcı Osman Pasha	Pyotr Rumyantsev Grigory Potemkin Otto Adolf Weismann von Weißenstein Iosif Igelström Fyodor Glebov Henry Lloyd (soldier)

Placed at Silistra; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Silistra AD 968, 0.8 km N
Siege of Dorostolon AD 971, 1.1 km N
Siege of Silistra (1854) 1854, 1.1 km N
Siege of Silistra (1828) 1828, 1.1 km N
Siege of Silistra (1829) 1829, 1.1 km N

Elsewhere in 1773

Battle of Kos (1773) Turkey
Siege of Stanchio Greece

Siege of Silistra (1773) is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 126 in present-day Bulgaria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q131303457, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Silistra (1773), revision 1370745261, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.