Balaclava 1854
Subtitle: The Charge of the Light Brigade (Campaign)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: September 27, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780850459616
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; War & defence operations; c 1800 to c 1900; Military History - Modern; History - Military / War; History: World; England; Russia; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Military - General; History / Military / General
First sentence: On 14 September 1854, troops of a British Expeditionary Force, led by Lord FitzRoy Raglan, began to land on the shores of the Crimean peninsula at Calamita Bay, 32 miles north of their ultimate objective, the Russian naval port of Sevastopol.