Sujet

Boat Attack at the Sulineh Mouth of the Danube, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Boat Attack at the Sulineh Mouth of the Danube, 1854. Crimean War: the Royal Navy destroys a Romanian town under Russian control. 'The Russian batteries at the entrance of the Sulineh river had already been destroyed, under the skilful directions of Captain Parker, and thus this chief opposition to the navigation of the river was removed...Captain Parker then turned the boat round, and, as she retreated, fired his rifle with the greatest coolness at the enemy, who were now pouring in a galling and heavy fire on all our boats...[He] leaped from his galley, crying, "We must storm; follow me, my men"; and gallantly rushed forward...[He] had fired his rifle once, and struck down a Cossack, and was reloading, when a volley of balls fell around, one of which pierced his heart. He fell into the arms of his coxswain, and in a moment this noble and gallant sailor had ceased to live'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22B08_118

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

18,7Mo (1,3Mo) / 32,5cm x 14,4cm / 3844 x 1703 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river people male man men sailing boat boats country guy smoke ship ships British geography activity shooting attack attacking dramatic territorial war Danube location century rowing boat Russia Russian Britain rowing boats newspapers press sail Romania TERRITORY concept river danube Navy B&W firing sailor warfare sailors naval warfare 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Royal Navy The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper engraving Crimean War Unknown Hyde Parker Hyde Parker Sulina Tulcea County disputed territory 19th-century Sulineh