The Charge: The Real Reason why the Light Brigade was Lost

Mark Adkin

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2004

1844137341 / 9781844137343

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The charge of the Light Brigade is one of Britain's best-known glorious military disasters. On 25 October 1854, during the siege of Sebastopol, the Light Brigade attacked Russian gun positions at Balaclava. The charge lasted 7 minutes; of 673 officers and men who went into action, 247 men and 497 horses were lost. This book shatters many long-held conceptions of how and why it happened, and who was to blame. Mark Adkin, a former professional soldier, has combined military expertise and detailed research of participants' accounts with a careful examination of the actual ground. His story switches carefully from the strategic and tactical problems of the battlefield to what it was like for the trooper riding down the valley or a Russian gunner serving his cannon. Through the novel use of sketches the reader can, at every stage, look down on the battlefield from the same position as that used by the British commander-in-chief, Lord Raglan. He sees the situation as Raglan saw it when he gave his order that launched the Brigade down the valley of death. Raglan gave the order, Captain Nolan delivered it, Lord Lucan received it, and the Earl of Cardigan executed it. History has disagreed over the share of the blame. This book makes a masterly analysis of the probabilities and discusses factors previously overlooked. There is a cogent argument, never made before, that the blunder was deliberate. The result is a gripping and definitive study of a debacle that has never ceased to enthral the imagination. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

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Titel
The Charge: The Real Reason why the Light Brigade was Lost
Autor
Mark Adkin
Verlag
Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London
Erscheinungsjahr
2004
Zustand
Very Good
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1844137341
ISBN-13
9781844137343
Artikelgewicht
181 Gramm
Abmessungen
1.0 x 1.0

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