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The Guards Brigade in the Crimea
ISBN
9781783460663
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
25-06-2009
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Pen & Sword Books
Auteur(s)
Michael Springman

The Guards Brigade in the Crimea

Michael Springman
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€6,99
  • The
  • Guards
  • Brigade
  • consisted
  • of
  • three
  • battalions,
  • the
  • 3rd
  • Grenadier
  • Guards,
  • 1st
  • Coldstream
  • Guards
  • and
  • 1st
  • Scottish
  • Fusilier
  • Guards
  • (as
  • the
  • Scots
  • Guards
  • were
  • then
  • known).The
  • book
  • opens
  • with
  • a
  • resum
  • of
  • the
  • causes
  • of
  • the
  • War
  • and
  • an
  • analysis
  • of
  • the
  • woeful
  • disorganization
  • of
  • the
  • Army,
  • in
  • contrast
  • to
  • the
  • efficiency
  • of
  • the
  • Royal
  • Navy.
  • The
  • Brigades
  • performance
  • in
  • the
  • major
  • battles
  • (Alma,
  • inkerman
  • etc.)
  • is
  • examined.
  • The
  • author
  • describes
  • the
  • Russians
  • plans,
  • the
  • ground
  • and
  • conditions
  • experienced
  • by
  • the
  • long
  • suffering
  • troops.
  • The
  • roles
  • and
  • abilities
  • of
  • the
  • various
  • commanders,
  • often
  • found
  • wanting,
  • is
  • fascinatingly
  • treated.
  • After
  • the
  • war
  • was
  • over,
  • the
  • return
  • home
  • and
  • parades
  • are described.
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