The French press relentlessly reported on these events and the threat of war. The Crimean War has been termed the first ... military leadership that led to needless suffering among the soldiers. Most ...

By nightfall, 150 French soldiers were dead. The French retaliated, killing thousands of Spaniards. It was the start of a brutal, no-holds-barred war, marked by savagery on both sides. The French ...

This exhibit explores representations of people and events connected with the Crimean War in the French and British satirical press. It focuses specifically on cartoons that appeared in two major 19th ...

This exhibit explores representations of people and events connected with the Crimean War in the French and British satirical press. It focuses specifically on cartoons that appeared in two major 19th ...

July 17, 1853 A heavily armed Russian Cossack soldier ... with French and British sailors standing in support behind him. After Russia invaded the Danubian Principalities, British and French fleets ...