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| Picture No | 10219770 |
| Date | 1854 |
| Description | The Town and Fortifications of Schumla, Balkans 1854 |
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At the beginning of the Crimean War the Russians concentrated their efforts in the Balkans in the area around Dobruja. Shumla was a heavily fortified town between the Balkan mountains and the Black Sea coast and of strategic importance on the route to Constantinople.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News. 1854. p 169. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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