A highly illustrated account of an unexpected British victory in the Crimea. On 5 November 1854 the Russians marched out of the besieged city of Sevastopol to throw off the allied British and French forces by mounting a joint attack with their troops from outside the city. As Patrick Mercer outlines, despite outnumbering their enemies five to one the Russians failed to achieve victory in what looked to be almost a foregone conclusion. With maps, illustrations and profiles of the opposing commanders, this is a compact ...
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A highly illustrated account of an unexpected British victory in the Crimea. On 5 November 1854 the Russians marched out of the besieged city of Sevastopol to throw off the allied British and French forces by mounting a joint attack with their troops from outside the city. As Patrick Mercer outlines, despite outnumbering their enemies five to one the Russians failed to achieve victory in what looked to be almost a foregone conclusion. With maps, illustrations and profiles of the opposing commanders, this is a compact account of the third major action of the Crimean War (following Alma and Balaclava). Fought in heavy fog at Inkerman, the battle proved to be a testament to the skill and initiative of the individual men and officers of the British Army of the day.
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Fine. 1855326183 95pp including chronolgy and Order of Battle On November 5, 1854, the Russians marched of of the besieged city of Sevastopol to throw off the allied British and French forces by mounting a joint attack with their troops ousdide the city More than 90 illustrations, including maps, charts, and color plates three-dimensional battle maps Pristine.
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Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1855326183. All our Osprey books are crisp clean and tight. They may have yellowing or sunning on the spines which is typical of this series. Cover art may vary from our copy to that shown on a site like Amazon-unless the rewrite is a whole new book with a different series number, THE CONTENTS IS THE SAME. Old retail price stickers may be present. Books in our inventory may show light rubbing to finish or light shelf and edge wear (We are an open shop). Worse defects will be noted at the beginning of the description.
