 
 <prompt> Wetin be di status of Sevastopol until di French bombardments? Given di previous question, write a context wey contain di answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context: <response>: For months each side don dey build forward rifle pits and defensive positions, wey don cause plenty small fights. Artillery fire dey aim to gain superiority over the enemy guns. September see the final assault. On 5 September, another French bombardment (the sixth) was followed by an assault by the French Army on 8 September wey result in the capture of the Malakoff by the French, and after dem fail to retake am, the collapse of the Russian defences happen. Meanwhile, the British capture the Great Redan, just south of the city of Sevastopol. The Russians run go the north, blow up their magazines and the city fall on 9 September 1855 after a 337-day-long siege. 