The Cause of the Charge of Balaclava
The Cause of the Charge of Balaclava

Author: Thomas Morley

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13:

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This book revolves around an event known as 'Charge of the Light Brigade'. It was a failed military action involving the British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War. Lord Raglan had intended to send the Light Brigade to prevent the Russians from removing captured guns from overrun Turkish positions, a task for which the light cavalry were well-suited. However, there was miscommunication in the chain of command and the Light Brigade was instead sent on a frontal assault against a different artillery battery, one well-prepared with excellent fields of defensive fire. The Light Brigade reached the battery under withering direct fire and scattered some of the gunners, but they were forced to retreat immediately, and the assault ended with very high British casualties and no decisive gains.

Balaclava 1854
Balaclava 1854

Author: John Sweetman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-10-20

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1782005064

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Balaclava 1854 examines in detail the crucial battle of Balaclava during The Crimean War. The port of Balaclava was crucial in maintaining the supply lines for the Allied siege of Sevastapol. The Russian attack in October 1854 therefore posed a major threat to the survival of the Allied cause. This book includes: the attack on the redoubts; the action of 'the thin red line' in which an assortment of about 700 British troops, some invalids, were abandoned by their Turkish allies; the subsequent charge of the Heavy Brigade; and the most famous part of the battle: the infamous charge of the Light Brigade.

The Charge of the Light Brigade and Other Poems
The Charge of the Light Brigade and Other Poems

Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-05

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 0486113604

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Treasury of verse by the great Victorian poet, including the long narrative poem, Enoch Arden, plus "The Lady of Shalott," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," selections from The Princess, "Maud" and "The Brook," more.

Forgotten Heroes
Forgotten Heroes

Author: Roy Dutton

Publisher: Infodial Ltd

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0955655404

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First hand accounts of the men who took part in the heroic and tragic Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava on the 25th October 1854. Previously unpublished biographies of the men and photographs bring their stories to life. What became of our heroes? Some died penniless while others found fame and fortune. Set within an unrelenting and cruel military campaign, where many would perish, unravelling the myths to find many of the missing Chargers was a massive undertaking.

Into the Valley of Death
Into the Valley of Death

Author: John Mollo

Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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The Charge of the Light Brigade has passed into history as one of the most glorious - and costly - exploits in the annals of the horse soldier. The almost simultaneous victory of the Heavy Brigade has, therefore, been overshadowed by this event. This book describes the organization, tactical doctrine and exact strength of the British Cavalry in the Crimea, and the events of 25th October 1854.

The Crimean War and its Afterlife
The Crimean War and its Afterlife

Author: Lara Kriegel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-02-17

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1108842224

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Rescuing the Crimean War from the shadows, Lara Kriegel demonstrates the centrality of a Victorian war to the making of modern Britain.

Hell Riders
Hell Riders

Author: Terry Brighton

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-07-23

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0141913983

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On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. This vivid and extraordinarily detailed account of the charge and the bloody mêlée that followed, by an author with unique access to regimental archives, is told largely in the words of the survivors themselves. Terry Brighton takes the reader closer than ever before to the experience of charging down the Valley of Death.