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Crimea - The Great
Crimean War 1854-1856 by Trevor Royle
The Crimean War was a watershed in the world history: it broke the
long peace of 1815 and set in train the succession of European war and
power struggles which dominated the second half of the nineteenth century.
It created a heroic myth out of the Charge of the Light Brigade, in
Florence Nightingale produced one of history's great heroines, was the
first conflict to be covered by the press and pointed the way to what mass
warfare would be like in the twentieth century. Based on the diplomatic
and military despatches of the period, many of them previously unseen,
Trevor Royle's fascinating book is the first complete account of a war
which helped to shape the modern world.
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Book serial number BA1. Price £22.50. Hard back with 564 pages.
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The Reason Why by
Cecil Woodham-Smith
Cecil Woodham-Smith tells the extraordinary story behind one of the
most fantastic blunders in military history - the terrible and tragic
defeat of the famous Light Brigade during the Crimean War. From a mass of
unpublished papers, she has unearthed the devastating evidence as to why
more than five hundred men met death in a charge that has since become
immortal.
The key to the mystery lies far back in English tradition - in the
system of the British Army at the time and in the lives and personalities
of two unusual men, Lord Cardigan and Lord Lucan.
It was Lord Lucan who ordered the now legendary charge and Lord
Cardigan who led it. Both were men of noble birth - wealthy, handsome,
egocentric, and ruthless. At a time when war was the trade of the
aristocracy, these two, arrogant and unknowing, rose to high command in
the cavalry. Cardigan soon became a cause celebre in England.
Absolutely incapable of being civil to those under him, Cardigan's cruelty
to his men earned him the hatred of all England. Lord Lucan was a superior
soldier, but scarcely a more admirable personality. He valued human lives
not at all and at the height of the Irish famine threw hundreds off his
property there, razing their homes in the process. It is these tow men,
brothers-in-law and hated enemies, who are at the centre of Woodham-Smith's
fascinating story. Within them, and within the system that enabled them to
rise to military power lies a clue to the whole Crimean catastrophe.
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The Destruction of
Lord Raglan by Christopher Hibbert
In March 1854, a British army of 30,000 men sailed for the Crimea to
defend the crumbling Turkish Empire from Russia. The Times described it as
'the finest army that has ever left our shores'. It was led by Lord
Raglan, a veteran of The Battle of Waterloo, some forty years earlier.
The campaign quickly degenerated into a series of military disasters
caused by incompetence at the highest level, bitter rivalries among the
divisional commander and criminal inadequacies of transport, clothing and
military and medical supplies. To enable the British government to
survive, Raglan was made the scapegoat. This sensitive and courageous man
died only weeks before the victory - largely French - over the Russians at
Malakoff. Tragic though the campaign was, it provides a story of
astonishing, if sometimes foolhardy courage, self-sacrifice and individual
bravery.
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The British Army of
the Crimea by J B R Nicholson & Michael Roffe
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Osprey MA040.
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The Russian Army of
the Crimea by Albert Seaton & Michael Roffe
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Inkerman 1854, The
Soldiers Battle by
Patrick Mercer
On 5 November 1854 the Russians marched out of the
besieged city of Sevastopol to throw off the allied British and French
forces by mounting a joint attack with their troops from outside the city.
Despite outnumbering their enemies five to one the Russians failed to
achieve what looked to be an almost foregone conclusion. The third major
action of the Crimean War, the battle fought in heavy fog at Inkerman
proved to be a testament to the skill and initiative of the individual men
and officers of the British Army of the day.
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Book price £12.99. Book serial number Osprey 51.
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Balaclava 1854,
The Charge of the Light Brigade by
John Sweetman
The Charge of the Light Brigade was but one of
three dramatic phases of the Battle of Balaclava. John Sweetman describes
this dashing series of actions, including 'The Thin Red Line' and the
Charge of the Heavy Brigade, as the Anglo-French army besieging the
Crimean port of Sevastopol defended its supply base from Russian attack.
Dr Sweetman, historian and author, is Head of the Dept of Military History
and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst,
England.
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Book price £12.99. Book serial number Osprey 6.
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