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Stock# 42836
Description
Fine view of the battle of Alma, lithographed by William Simpson from a drawing by Captain Gordon.
The H.M.S. Spitfire, Mouth of the Alma and a group of French Steam Frigates are shown near the mouth of the Alma River, with the Village of Burliuk in flames.
The Battle of Alma (September 20, 1854) is generally considered the first battle of the Crimean War. An Anglo-French force under Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud and Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan defeated General Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov's Russian army, which lost around 6,000 troops.
