Picture No | 10219756 |
Date | 1855 |
Description | British Wounded being carried to Balaklava, Crimean War 1855 |
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Soldiers walking and riding through the mountainous landscape towards Balaklava, many suffering from frostbite, during the Crimean War. If they made it to the British Hospital at Scutari they would have found a fever infested institution, where 8 doctors had just died.
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Source | The Illustrated London News, 3 March 1855 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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