Photograph of Sevastopol from the north. The buildings of the city can be seen beyond the harbour, and there are a number of boats partially submerged in the water. On the harbour wall to the left there are a number of cannons. The Siege of Sevastopol lasted eleven months, with the allied British, French and Turkish forces eventually capturing the city on the 8th September 1855. During the siege the Russians deliberately sunk their ships across the opening of the harbour, to prevent the superior allied naval forces from entering.