The Battle of the Alma : first blood to the Allies in the Crimea / Ian Fletcher and Natalia Ishchenko.
2008
DK215.1 .F54 2008 (Mapit)
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The Battle of the Alma : first blood to the Allies in the Crimea / Ian Fletcher and Natalia Ishchenko.
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ISBN
9781844156726
1844156729
1844156729
Publication Details
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2008.
Language
English
Description
x, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Call Number
DK215.1 .F54 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
947.073842
Summary
"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 using many rare and unpublished eyewitness accounts from all sides -- English, French and Russian ...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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-243) and index.
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Table of Contents
A 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.
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.