Kamchatsky lunette (Sevastopol)

Ukraine / Sevastopol / Sevastopol
 place with historical importance, fortification, draw only border
...Surprise advancement of the Russian troops forced the enemy to change his plans to approach the city’s line of defence. It was no longer possible for him to target the Malakhoff redoubt and the 2nd bastion. Now they had to rid themselves of this new obstacle in the form of those two redoubts. It took months for the British-French troops to overcome this obstacle. Meanwhile, the Russians occupied the heights in front of the Malakhoff redoubt where they erected a fortification later named Kamchatsky lunette (it was built by the Kamchatsky regiment). Ten light cannons were placed there.
rusnavy.com/history/vic7.htm
Wikipedia article: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Оборона_Севастополя_(1854—1855)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   44°36'4"N   33°33'16"E
This article was last modified 11 years ago