‘Traktir Bridge after the Battle of Tchernaya’, 1855 (coloured lithograph)

‘Traktir Bridge after the Battle of Tchernaya’. Lithograph from ‘The Officers Portfolio of the Striking Reminiscences of the War’, 20 coloured lithographs; from notes, photographs and drawings taken on the spot. Published by Dickinson Bros. The Battle of the Tchernaya was the final attempt made by the Russians to break the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War (1854-1856). By August 1855 the defenders of the town were suffering such heavy casualties from the Allied bombardment that the effort could no longer be delayed. The Russian attack, however, was bloodily repulsed by the French, assisted by the Sardinian Army.