Photograph of a twenty-one gun battery in front of Sevastopol. To the left is a thick earth wall reinforced with wicker fencing. A group of soldiers are gathered beside it, one holding a spade. Trenches can be seen in the open land behind, and hills are visible in the distance. The Siege of Sevastopol lasted eleven months, with the allied British, French and Turkish forces eventually capturing the city on the 8th September 1855.