The Bombardment of Sveaborg, 5th August 1855, 1856(The Bombardment of Sveaborg, 5th August 1855, 1856 )Louis Le Breton |
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Undated · colour lithograph
· Picture ID: 198229
western allied baltic fleet tried to destroy heavily defended russian dockyards at sveaborg · 1000 guns bombarded the fortress for two days · the allies · france and britain · were unable to defeat the russian batteries · a new fleet of more than 350 gunboats was prepared but the war ended before the attack was launched · russians used blockade mines · french and english versus russian · in the background is helsinki · seascape · naval · landscape · skyline · shells · shelling · fortress · rigging · anglo-french fleet · ships · ship · sailor · boat · lifeboat · sailors · siege · finland · russia · crimean war · navy · mast · sweaborg · finland · Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images |
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