Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887 . \ II |w r/2 4C::: \ QCH. 5% <^a».==a y iO/?0 Prt^Ci/IAV?*fipriiUBX mqnsi HONORS. CHAPTER IX. CAPTURE OF THE MALAKOFF AND REDAN, AND FALLOF SEBASTOPOL—1855. The Crimea was conquered by Russia in the time ofCatharine the Great, and immediately after the conquestthe Russians began to fortify the harbor of Sebastopol(Sacred City). When they went there they found a mis-erable Tartar village called Akhtiar; they created one ofthe finest naval and military posts in the world, and builta city with br
Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887 . \ II |w r/2 4C::: \ QCH. 5% <^a».==a y iO/?0 Prt^Ci/IAV?*fipriiUBX mqnsi HONORS. CHAPTER IX. CAPTURE OF THE MALAKOFF AND REDAN, AND FALLOF SEBASTOPOL—1855. The Crimea was conquered by Russia in the time ofCatharine the Great, and immediately after the conquestthe Russians began to fortify the harbor of Sebastopol(Sacred City). When they went there they found a mis-erable Tartar village called Akhtiar; they created one ofthe finest naval and military posts in the world, and builta city with broad streets and handsome quays and 1850 it had a population of about fifty thousand, whichincluded many soldiers and marines, together with work-men employed in the government establishments. In that year there was a dispute between France andRussia relative to the custody of the holy places in Pales-tine ; there had been a contention concerning this matterfor several centuries, in which sometimes the Greek Churchand sometimes the Latin had the advantage. In 1850, atthe suggestion of Turkey, a mixed commission was ap-pointed to consider the dispute upon it. The Port
Size: 2158px × 1158px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectnavalartandscience
