000693550 000__ 02216cam\a2200325Ia\4500 000693550 001__ 693550 000693550 005__ 20210515093348.0 000693550 008__ 090811s2008\\\\enkab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000693550 020__ $$a9781844156726 000693550 020__ $$a1844156729 000693550 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn437312004 000693550 035__ $$a693550 000693550 040__ $$aAU@$$beng$$cAU@$$dUKM$$dYDXCP$$dCGU$$dGEBAY$$dMHR$$dOCLCF 000693550 049__ $$aISEA 000693550 050_4 $$aDK215.1$$b.F54 2008 000693550 08204 $$a947.073842$$222 000693550 1001_ $$aFletcher, Ian,$$d1957- 000693550 24514 $$aThe Battle of the Alma :$$bfirst blood to the Allies in the Crimea /$$cIan Fletcher and Natalia Ishchenko. 000693550 260__ $$aBarnsley, South Yorkshire :$$bPen & Sword Military,$$c2008. 000693550 300__ $$ax, 246 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm 000693550 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-243) and index. 000693550 5050_ $$aA rupture with the Russians -- The Allies go to war -- Across the Black Sea -- Summer in Sevastopol -- The landings -- The Russians -- Preparations for battle -- The French move first -- The British enter the battle -- Forward, the Guards! -- The drive to victory -- End of the battle -- Victory and defeat -- Aftermath -- The battlefield today. 000693550 520__ $$a"On 20 September 1854 the combined British and French armies confronted the Russians at the river Alma in the critical opening encounter of the Crimean War. This was the first major battle the British had fought on European soil since Waterloo almost 40 years before. In this ... study, Ian Fletcher and Natalia Ishchenko reconstruct the battle ... using many rare and unpublished eyewitness accounts from all sides -- English, French and Russian ... It also gives ... insight into military thinking and organization in the 1850s, midway between the end of the Napoleonic era and the outbreak of the Great War"--Dust jkt. 000693550 61010 $$aGreat Britain.$$bArmy$$xHistory$$yCrimean War, 1853-1856. 000693550 61010 $$aFrance.$$bArmée$$xHistory$$yCrimean War, 1853-1856. 000693550 61010 $$aRussia.$$bArmii͡a$$xHistory$$yCrimean War, 1853-1856. 000693550 650_0 $$aAlma, Battle of the, Ukraine, 1854. 000693550 650_0 $$aCrimean War, 1853-1856$$xCampaigns. 000693550 650_0 $$aAlma, Battle of the, Ukraine, 1854$$vPersonal narratives. 000693550 7001_ $$aIshchenko, N. A.$$q(Natalʹi͡a Anatolʹevna),$$d1960- 000693550 85200 $$bgen$$hDK215.1$$i.F54$$i2008 000693550 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:693550$$pGLOBAL_SET 000693550 980__ $$aBIB 000693550 980__ $$aBOOK