Kamiesch (Ukrainian: Комишова бухта, Crimean Tatar: Qamış Körfezi) is a sea inlet and adjoining port, sited on the Chersonese or Khersones peninsula, three miles SW of the city centre of Sevastopol and ten miles WNW of Balaklava in the Crimean Peninsula.
During the Crimean War, French invading forces used the bay as their main port and supply base.
In September 1854, prior to landing at Gulf of Kalamita, French and British forces identified Kamiesch and Balaclava as suitable supply ports for the siege of Sevastopol.
Historians see this as disastrous; The French had the larger sea inlet, with mooring for 300 vessels in the outer harbor, and were closer to their objective.
[2] The French occupied Kamiesch on 1 October and proceeded to establish a large town with storehouses,[3] bars, brothels, hotels, restaurants and shops.