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Bomarsund Northumberland Northumbria England UK GB (755 words) |
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| Although the Baltic is thousands of miles from the Black Sea, the attack was made to stretch the resources of the Russians and to prevent the Russian fleet in the Baltic from entering the North Sea. |
| The battle of Bomarsund was in actual fact little more than the bombarding of the fortress and defence towers by both land and sea. |
| Adolphe Niel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (521 words) |
| He became a member of the council of state in 1852 and in 1853 was promoted to general of the division. |
| In the first part of the Crimean War, Niel was employed in the expedition to the Baltic Sea and directed engineering operations against Bomarsund. |
| Early in 1855 Niel was sent to the Crimea, where he succeeded General Bizot as chief of engineers. |
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