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The Battle of the Alma 1854 (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Battle of the Alma 1854On 20 September 1854 the combined British and French armies confronted the Russians at the river Alma in the critical opening encounter of the Crimean War. This was the first major battle the British had fought on European soil since Waterloo almost 40 years before. returncharacterreturncharacterIn this compelling and meticulously researched study, Ian Fletcher and Natalia Ishchenko reconstruct th...
Full description- Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
- Published: 01 April 2009
- Format: Hardback 224 pages
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- Categories: Battles & Campaigns | European History | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900 | Military History | Crimean War
- ISBN 13: 9781844156726 ISBN 10: 1844156729
- Sales rank: 405,897
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Full description for The Battle of the Alma 1854
On 20 September 1854 the combined British and French armies confronted the Russians at the river Alma in the critical opening encounter of the Crimean War. This was the first major battle the British had fought on European soil since Waterloo almost 40 years before. returncharacterreturncharacterIn this compelling and meticulously researched study, Ian Fletcher and Natalia Ishchenko reconstruct the battle in vivid detail, using many rare and unpublished eyewitness accounts from all sides - English, French and Russian. Their groundbreaking work promises to be the definitive history of this extraordinary clash of arms for many years to come. It also gives a fascinating insight into military thinking and organization in the 1850s, midway between the end of the Napoleonic era and the outbreak of the Great War.
