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Russian Empire: Crimea (now part of Ukraine): Sebastopol (Sevastopol'). (28) 'Sketch...

Catalogue reference: WO 78/1078/3/28-30

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This record is about the Russian Empire: Crimea (now part of Ukraine): Sebastopol (Sevastopol'). (28) 'Sketch... dating from 1855-1856 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WO 78/1078/3/28-30
Date
1855-1856
Description

Russian Empire: Crimea (now part of Ukraine): Sebastopol (Sevastopol'). (28) 'Sketch from the Second Parallel of the Right Attack, on the Crown Battery Ridge: shewing the relative position of the Malakoff and Redan on either side of the Light Division, or Middle Ravine, & the works connecting them across it': MS view, also showing buildings, ships and the shoreline. Reference notes on fortifications and the distances between them. Drawn by Brevet Major M A Biddulph, Royal Artillery, 19 March 1855. (29) Unfinished version of item (28), lacking all of the text. (30) Lithographed version of (28), lacking the reference notes; produced at the Topographical and Statistical Depot, War Department, 18 June 1856.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
MPH 147D (1-3); WO 78/1078/28-30
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Dimensions
21 cm x 70 cm
Physical condition
MS and printed
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 4909
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448506/

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