Turkish Auxiliary Troops Carrying Sick British Soldiers to Balaclava, 1854
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Contributors: Constantin Guys (1802–1892)
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Constantin Guys (1802–1892), Turkish Auxiliary Troops Carry Sick British Soldiers to Balaclava, watercolour, 1854; source: private collection.
This image depicts the suffering of the soldiers during the siege of Sevastopol. We see the evacuation of British soldiers to the base camp at Balaclava. Subsequently – for the first time in the history of warfare – a strategic railway was built between Balaclava and Sevastopol to supply the soldiers at Sevastopol.
Constantin Guys (1802–1892), Turkish Auxiliary Troops Carry Sick British Soldiers to Balaclava, watercolour, 1854; source: private collection.