Sujet

Battle of the Alma, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Battle of the Alma, 1854. Scene from the Crimean War. 'View of this important action, from a Sketch by Lieut. E. C. Gordon, R.E...the point on the left is the retrenched camp of the Russians...the British troops are advancing, as are the French troops. On the left of the picture is the large village; and, in the centre, the burnt village at the mouth of the Alma...When the Russians were driven from their first position on the heights, they fell back on a second. They were driven from that, and tried to take up a third position; but in this they failed. They say the Imperial Guard had fine kits: many of our fellows got a good clean shirt from them. One drummer took two Russian prisoners: he caught them sneaking off under a hedge, ran up, took a dead man's musket as he passed, and made these fellows 'change direction for the rear'- making them 'move on' with a bayonet'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22B08_084

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

27,1Mo (2,3Mo) / 32,6cm x 20,8cm / 3851 x 2456 (300dpi)

Mots clés

river mountain mountains country British land geography fighting fight territorial war location Armed Forces century Russia Russian Britain newspapers press soldiers soldier TERRITORY concept battle B&W Army warfare armies russians 19th century battlefield black & white black and white B W armed services British Army nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News Alma Battle of the Alma ILN River Alma newspaper engraving landscape Crimean War Unknown 19th-century E. C. Gordon Gordon E. C. Lieutenant E. C. Gordon