Battle of Malakoff
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The Battle of Malakoff was fought on September 7 1855 and resulted in a French victory under General MacMahon against the Russians.
The french zouave Eug�ne Libaut installed the french flag on the top of the Russian Redubt . This victory abut at the capture of Sevastopol and close the Crimean War.
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Battle_of_Malakoff" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Malakoff, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
