2-913-775 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Kavarna Bay, and Town of Baltschik, 1854. Scene from the Crimean War: Bulgarian port on the Black Sea. 'The town of Baltschik...will be connected in history with the Crimea expedition, as the place of rendezvous for the Allied fleets...Marshal de St. Arnaud arrived...from Varna in the Berthollet, and immediately repaired on board the Ville de Paris. The aspect of the roads was truly beautiful in the evening...It was a Friday, and a holyday kept by the Mussulmans. Their squadron was illuminated. Lights were placed at the top of every mast. The night was magnificent. The white cliffs, which line the roads, presented by moonlight the appearance of gigantic ramparts, and all the ships fired salutes. Everybody is happy and proud of participating in so momentous an enterprise"'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.