During this conflict, the British Columbian town of Esquimalt was founded as a naval base for the attack on the Kamchatkan port of Petropavlosk.
During this conflict, the British Columbian town of Esquimalt was founded as a naval base for the attack on the Kamchatkan port of Petropavlosk. Roger Fenton produced pioneering photographs of this conflict, and the shell gun came to prominence at the Battle of (+) Sinope in this war. The first Victoria's Crosses were awarded during this conflict, in which the Earl of Cardigan led the (*) Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. For 10 points, Florence Nightingale served as a nurse in what war fought from 1853 to 1856 between Russia and forces from Great Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire on the namesake peninsula?
During this conflict, the British Columbian town of Esquimalt was founded as a naval base for the attack on the Kamchatkan port of Petropavlosk.
{Crimean} War