The Reason why"The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Anglo-French-Turkish campaign to capture the port and fortress of Sevastopol, Russia's principal naval base on the Black Sea....However, a final Allied cavalry charge, stemming from a misinterpreted order from Raglan, led to one of the most famous and ill-fated events in British military history ? the Charge of the Light Brigade."--Wikipedia. |
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User Review - Quickpint - LibraryThingSo this is narrative history. The emphasis is on the former rather than the latter: there is no pretension of neutrality (only a sort of assumed common decency, of which the author is of course a ... Read full review
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User Review - bookmarkaussie - LibraryThingThe author goes back decades to reveal the personal history between the main decision makers on the day of the charge of the light brigade. It makes for fascinating reading, which does provide us with the reasons why the charge took place. First rate! Read full review
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| Title | The Reason why George & Elizabeth Coggill Collection |
| Author | Cecil Woodham Smith |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Feb 21, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0070716706, 9780070716704 |
| Length | 287 pages |
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