'Bombardment of Sweaborg', 1859. Artist: John Watkins.

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'Bombardment of Sweaborg', 1859. Battle of Suomenlinna (also known as the Battle of Viapori or the Bombardment of Sweaborg), was fought 7-8 August 1855 between Russian defenders and a joint British/French fleet. It was a part of the Crimean War. After John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868). From The History of England Div VI by David Hume & Tobias Smollett. [Virtue & Co., London, 1859].

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