Some of the lesser known actions in this conflict were the bombardment of Solovetsky Monastery in the White Sea and the siege and capture of Kars by t
Some of the lesser known actions in this conflict were the bombardment of Solovetsky Monastery in the White Sea and the siege and capture of Kars by the Russians. The Grenadier Guards won out against the Russians at Inkerman, and Lord Raglan led a victorious force at Alma. It also featured a defeat of the Turkish fleet at Sinope, while the Russians expected a land invasion through the Ukrainian Steppes. For 10 points, name this war, which saw a long siege of Sevastopol and the Battle of Balaclava, which featured the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade, on the titular Black Sea peninsula?
Some of the lesser known actions in this conflict were the bombardment of Solovetsky Monastery in the White Sea and the siege and capture of Kars by the Russians.
{Crimean} War