The War Office rejected the Antwerp concept by claiming that Baltic operations in the Crimean War had failed to alter Russian deployments. Lambert's evidence reverses that conclusion: Britain's main fleet forced Russia to retain about 250,000 of its best troops on the Baltic coast. Heavy cavalry, elite infantry, and fortress artillery therefore remained away from other theaters. Naval pressure on St. Petersburg also helped bring Russia to accept allied demands. Together with the army's destruction of the naval base at Sevastopol, the example supported Corbett's argument that sea power could influence land operations without seeking a conventional continental decision.
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What the Crimean Baltic campaign says about sea power ashore
The Crimean War's Baltic operations held major Russian forces near the coast and pressured St. Petersburg, contradicting claims that maritime campaigns could not shape land deployments.