Title

Attack on the town of Novitska, in the White Sea, by the "Miranda" and "Brisk", 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Attack on the town of Novitska, in the White Sea, by the "Miranda" and "Brisk", 1854. Scene from the Crimean War: Royal Navy warships bombard a town in northern Russia. 'Operations of the White Sea Squadron...the English squadron in that distant region, has not been idle...The town of Novitska was burned to the ground on the 23rd July, by the steamers Brisk and Miranda...[View of the town] as it appeared previous to the fire...they would not come to terms, so we manned and armed boats the next morning, and landed our marines and sailors to the left of the town, and proceeded up closer to the town with the gun-boats. They opened fire on us, but hurt no one. We soon silenced their guns, took the town, and burnt it to the ground'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM22B07_311

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11,8Mb (1,0Mb) / 8,3in x 5,5in / 2503 x 1646 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea town smoke ship ships British geography attack attacking dramatic war cannon cannons location century Russia Britain newspapers press concept Navy B&W artillery firing warfare bombarding naval warfare 19th century water transport warship bombing bombardment black & white black and white B W warships armaments nineteenth century shelling sloop Royal Navy The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN White Sea newspaper engraving landscape Crimean War Unknown naval ship 19th-century HMS Miranda Novitska screw sloop