Dimensions
154 x 234 x 24mm
The Real Reason Why the Light Brigade Was Lost
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 seven and a half 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. The result is a gripping and definitive study of a debacle that has never ceased to enthral the imagination.
Includes maps, sketches and 16 pages of black and white plates.
