SS Manilla on fire in Balaklava Roads, Crimean War, 1855
Engraving showing the iron steamship Manilla on fire in the harbour at Balaklava during the Crimean War, 1855. The harbour at Balaklava was of huge strategic importance during the Crimean War. By June 1855 the Allied forces had succeeded in taking the harbour and the heights behind from the Russian army
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Picture No
10219743
Media ID
48944736
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News. 1855. p 621, bottom
Date
1855
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