The Dardanelles operation was a failed assault by the British Royal Navy against the coastal fortifications of Constantinople. The operation was part of the Anglo-Turkish War.
The squadron under the command of Sir J T Duckworth forcing the narrow channel of the Dardanelles, February 19th 1807, by Thomas Whitcombe
Destruction of the Turkish Fleet Feby 19th 1807, coloured engraving after Thomas Whitcombe
French general Sébastiani during the defense of Constantinople.
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta was a French general, diplomat, and politician, who served as Naval Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of State under the July Monarchy.
Portrait as marshal by Winterhalter (1841). Sébastiani is depicted with the Bosphorus and the Hagia Sophia in the background, referring to his role as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1806 to 1808
Sébastiani as a Lieutenant of the light infantry in 1793, by Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin (1835)
Order of The Crescent insignia
Horace Sébastiani, portrait by Philippe Joseph Tassaert, ca. 1800