Attack On Sidon By Commodore Charles
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Attack On Sidon By Commodore Charles
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Attack on Sidon by Commodore Charles Napier, 26 September 1840 (c1857). British, Turkish and Austrian ships bombarding Egyptian positions in the Lebanese port of Sidon during the Syrian War. The war broke out after Maronite Christians revolted against occupying Egyptian forces which had invaded Syria the previous year. The vessels depicted are the steam paddle frigates HMS 'Gorgon' and HMS 'Stromboli', the 84 gun second rate HMS 'Thunderer', the 16 gun brig HMS 'Wasp', the Austrian frigate 'Guerriera' and a Turkish corvette. From England's Battles by Sea and Land, volume III, by Lieutenant Colonel William Freke Williams, published by the London Printing and Publishing Company, 1857. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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