'Attack of the Bastion Central by the 1st Corps', 1855

Watercolour by Colonel George Cadogan (1814-1880), 1855.

A scene from the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War (1854-1856). The French General de Salles berates his men as they retreat from an attack on a Russian fortified position outside the town. Cadogan records that general is said to have pulled off the epaulettes of some of his soldiers, to shame them into renewing the attack.

From an album of paintings and sketches (with some paper ephemera) of Colonel (later General Sir) The Honourable George Cadogan, 1st (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards; also known as 'Cadogan's Crimea', 1854-1856.