Assault on the Great Redan, Siege of Sevastopol, the Crimean war, 1855
Illustration by Walter Paget (1863-1935) from Cassell's Century Edition History of England, pub circa 1901. Info from wiki: For months each side had been building forward rifle pits and defensive positions, which resulted in many skirmishes. Artillery fire aimed to gain superiority over the enemy guns.[27]:450–462 The final assault was made on 5 September, when another French bombardment (the sixth) was followed by an assault by the French Army on 8 September resulting in the capture of the Malakoff by the French. The Russians failed to retake it and their defences collapsed. Meanwhile, the British captured the Great Redan, just south of the city of Sevastopol. The Russians retreated to the north, blowing up their magazines, and the city fell on 9 September 1855 after a 337-day-long siege
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