Russian War: 1855, Black Sea, Official Correspondence

by A C Dewar

The second Cabinet print of January 1856 deals with the naval campaign, excluding the work of the Naval Brigade ashore throughout the siege of Sevastopol.

While the latter operation dominated the theatre Vice Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons' fleet maintained an effective blockade of the Russian coast, secured the vital logistics lifeline that fed armed and equipped the armies and conducted coastal attacks. The latter culminated in the key strategic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 191142307X
• ISBN13: 9781911423072
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 496 Pages