The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan, Volume 1

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W. Blackwood, 1877 - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 728 pages
 

Contents

Advance of the Light Division 495 The task before it 495 Means
497
Section of the Ground beneath the Great Redoubt
503
The 19th Regiment 501 State of the five battalions along the left
504
The Storming of the Great Redoubt
513
The storming of the Great Redoubt 510 No supports yet coming
516
Cause which paralyzed the Russians in the midst of their success
538
Causes of the depression which had come upon the French 549
549
Positions of St Arnaud etc
555
Advance of the Column of Eight Battalions against Canrobert
558
The two guns brought to the top of the knoll 559 Their fire
561
Protracted fight between the 7th Fusileers and the left Kazan col
570
Prince Gortschakoffs advance with a column of the Vladimir corps
578
Second Fight on the Kourganè Hill
579
Sir Colin Campbells conception of the part he would take with
589
Continuation of the Fight on the Kourganè Hill
594
The scarlet arch on the knoll 602 Retreat of the last Russian
603
The Column of Eight Battalions and the French Artillery
610
A flanking fire from the French artillery is poured upon
614
The position taken up by Kiriakoff 618 The effect produced upon
619
Losses of the French 624 Of the English 624 Of the Russians
625
Effect of the battle upon the prospects of the campaign
632
Papers showing the difference which led to the rupture of Prince Ments
667
Note to page 200
678
Note respecting the operations of the 7th Fusileers
684
Note respecting the theory that it was Sir George Brown who caused
690
Note respecting the order of time in which certain events occurred
697

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English historian Alexander Kinglake was born in Wilton House, near Taunton and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. A tour of the Far East in 1840 resulted in the publication of Eothen (1844). Eothen is a Greek word meaning "from the early dawn" or "from the East." It consists of letters that Kinglake wrote home while making his extensive tour. He became the historian of the Crimea in 1863, writing the History of the War in the Crimea (1863-87), considered one of the finest historical works of the nineteenth century.

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