Crimean War Gallery

The Black Watch. Forward the 42nd! at the Alma, 1854, (1939)

The Black Watch. Forward the 42nd! at the Alma, 1854, (1939). The Battle of the Alma (20 September 1854), which is usually considered the first battle of the Crimean War, took place in the vicinity of the River Alma in the Crimea. An Anglo-French force under General St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan defeated General Menshikov's Russian army, which lost around 6000 troops. Here a Scots regiment under Sir Colin Campbell storm a Russian-held hill. From Battles for the Flag, a set of cards given away with British boys comic The Wizard. [D. C. Thomson & Co., Dundee, 1939]

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Sir Jas. York Scarlett (1799-1880), General, led Charge of Heavy Brigade

Sir Jas. York Scarlett (1799-1880), General, led Charge of Heavy Brigade, Balaclava (left); Edward Wm. Lowe (1820-1880), General (right); Taken at the Crimea, 1855. A work made of thinly albumenized print

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Quartermaster Hill, 4th Lt. Dragoons. The Horse taken immediately after the winter season

Quartermaster Hill, 4th Lt. Dragoons. The Horse taken immediately after the winter season., 1855. A work made of salted paper print, plate 44 from the album "photographs taken in the crimea" (1856)

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