Crimean valley of death
Today is the 165th anniversary of the famous Battle of Balaklava. It took place on October 25, 1854. The Russian army encountered the allied forces of England, Turkey, France and Sardinia. The Battle of Balaklava is the most bloody battle in the Crimean War of 1853-1856. Therefore, historians often call the place where it happened the valley of death.
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. He was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom at the time he wrote the poem. (source: Wikipedia)
Poem:
Read by John Green
Music:
This Will Destroy You-Powdered Hand
Visuals:
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
The Crimean War - Episode 2 The Valley of Death
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The devastating details of a long ago war are eloquently presented in this documentary. The Crimean War: A Clash of Empires is a well-researched look into the conflict that shook Europe during the years 1853-56. The bloody conflict that pitted Russia against a large European coalition is shown here to be part of a chain of long-held antagonisms that continue to this day. Perhaps of all the things we remember of this confrontation, the only positive aspect that emerges is the appearance of Florence Nightingale.
1854: The Battle of Balaclava
1993 documentary by Cromwell Films on the Battle of Balaclava of October 1854 during the Crimean War.
09042009087 ride into the sunset Valley of Death Balaklava
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Balaklava
Original song with Crimean War photos by Roger Fenton from 1856.
This war was the first to employ the news media to bring home stories of the war within days of the actual event and the first time photography is used to capture images of war. Alfred Tennyson's poem The Charge of the Light Brigade made the battle of Balaklava famous and stirred the imaginations of millions. The courage that it required for the Light Brigade to run the gauntlet of cannon fire both during a cavalry charge and during the retreat is unfathomable. They actually succeeded in capturing the cannons at the end of the valley but were driven back by a brigade of heavy cavalry.
The photographs are all from old-pictures.com.
© 2009 Rick Cheyne. All rights reserved.
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This valley located between Sebastopol and Balaklava town and were witnessed one of the most fierce battles of Crimean war - exactly here once took place famous Charge of the light Brigade and Thin red line battle events. Also in WWII valley were place of much more brutal battles and assaults.
The Crimean War - The Battle of Balaclava
The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) to capture the port and fortress of Sevastopol, Russia's principal naval base on the Black Sea. The engagement followed the earlier Allied victory in September at the Battle of the Alma, where the Russian General Menshikov had positioned his army in an attempt to stop the Allies progressing south towards their strategic goal. Alma was the first major encounter fought in the Crimea since the Allied landings at Kalamita Bay on 14 September, and was a clear battlefield success; but a tardy pursuit by the Allies failed to gain a decisive victory, allowing the Russians to regroup, recover and prepare their defence.
The Allies decided against an immediate assault on Sevastopol and instead prepared for a protracted siege. The British, under the command of Lord Raglan, and the French, under Canrobert, positioned their troops to the south of the port on the Chersonese Peninsula: the French Army occupied Kamiesh on the west coast whilst the British moved to the southern port of Balaclava. However, this position committed the British to the defence of the right flank of the Allied siege operations, for which Raglan had insufficient troops. Taking advantage of this exposure, the Russian General Liprandi, with some 25,000 men, prepared to attack the defences in and around Balaclava, hoping to disrupt the supply chain between the British base and their siege lines.
The battle began with a Russian artillery and infantry attack on the Ottoman redoubts that formed Balaclava's first line of defence. The Ottoman forces initially resisted the Russian assaults, but lacking support they were eventually forced to retreat. When the redoubts fell, the Russian cavalry moved to engage the second defensive line held by the Ottoman and the Scottish 93rd Highland Regiment in what came to be known as the 'Thin Red Line'. This line held and repulsed the attack; as did General James Scarlett's British Heavy Brigade who charged and defeated the greater proportion of the cavalry advance, forcing the Russians onto the defensive. However, a final Allied cavalry charge, stemming from a misinterpreted order from Raglan, led to one of the most famous and ill-fated events in British military history – the Charge of the Light Brigade.
The British and French fleets departed from the Bulgarian port of Varna on 5 September 1854, heading towards Kalamita Bay in the Crimea. By the 14th, the troops began to land; within four days the Allied force of 61,400 infantry, 1,200 cavalry and 137 guns, was ashore. Thirty-three miles (~53 km) to the south of the landing zone, beyond the Bulganak, Alma, Katcha and Belbek rivers, lay the Russian naval base and fortress of Sevastopol, the key Allied objective in the Crimea. General Menshikov, aware of the Allied presence, prepared his troops on the banks of the River Alma in an effort to halt the Franco-British advance, but on 20 September he was soundly defeated in what was the first major battle in the Crimea. News of Menshikov's defeat was met with disbelief by Tsar Nicholas I in St. Petersburg – it seemed it would only be a matter of time before Sevastopol fell. But Allied hesitation, first from the French commander-in-chief, Saint-Arnaud, then by Lord Raglan, allowed the dispirited Russians to escape the battlefield in relative order, allowing Menshikov and his army to reach Sevastopol, reorganise and rebuild their morale. It is frightful to think what might have happened, wrote Vice-Admiral Kornilov, had it not been for this cardinal error of the enemy's.
The Allied march south finally recommenced on the morning of 23 September 1854, but there was as yet no definite plan of action; it was not until they had passed the River Katcha in sight of Sevastopol itself, that the Allied commanders discussed their options. The original plan had envisaged a move across the River Belbek before attacking the north side (the Severnaya) of Sevastopol harbour, defended by the Star Fort; but recent naval intelligence had revealed that the position was much stronger than had first been realised. John Burgoyne, the British Army's most experienced engineer, advocated an attack on Sevastopol from the south which, from all reports, was still an imperfectly entrenched position. This was a view shared by Saint-Arnaud who, having received his own intelligence of Russian reinforcements, had refused to agree to an attack from the north. Burgoyne's proposed 'flank march' required the Allies to go round the city to the east in order to attack the harbour from the south where the defences were weakest. Raglan was inclined to agree, arguing that he had always been disposed to such an operation; he knew, too, that the problem of re-supply would be eased with the seizing of the southern ports on the Chersonese Peninsula.
Valley of Death
Some video I took of the location for the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War. Known as the Valley of Death, I visited it in October 2005.
The Crimean War
For 9th grade SS class
ELIJAHS CRIMEAN WAR 1854
My English great great grandfather Elijah Bennetts involvement in the Crimean War in 1854. This the English side of the Bretzke family.
1855 Crimean War
A Mechanical Icon film.
Into the Valley of Death - fictional history
A short fictional story of honor, duty, death and destruction. French cavalry brigade attacks the Russian artillery train in Syria. We didn't fight the scenario to film it so there are a lot of things I would change now. It's my first effort so I'm hoping I've learned something to make a better one next time. Comments are welcome, I'm pretty thick-skinned so any suggestions are appreciated. Btw we used French Cav. because we wanted to use the lancers. Not history but...
Delapidated British Memorial to the Crimean War in Balaclava, Ukraine
- Many monuments in Ukraine, Russia, Britain, France, Italy and Turkey commemorate the Crimean War. This British memorial is in Balaclava, Ukraine and is in poor condition. The plaques are missing. It seems that that local motor scooter riders use the memorial enclosure for their hobby. Why can't the local British Embassy contribute to the upkeep of this memorial to the British dead and wounded of the Crimean War?
Video: courtesy of Mr. Gennadiy Makhytsky, 2012.
Crimea war - Battle of Alma
FILM: The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968
The last act came on the far right of the Russian line where 10,000 troops were still unused and uncommitted. They were faced by the advancing Highland Brigade; a mere three battalions. Led by Sir Colin Campbell, the 93rd (Highland) Regiment, the 79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment and the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment were advancing in a dangerously thin line extended for almost 2,000 yards (2,000 m) although in the smoke and confusion of battle the Russians were unable to see that it was only two ranks deep. The highly disciplined Highland Brigade advanced firing, a task difficult to accomplish in those days. For the Russians it proved too much and they fell back. The Battle of the Alma was effectively over. On the right of the Allied line, Canrobert had finally got his guns up the cliffs and his Zouaves seized Telegraph Hill. The ridge Lord Raglan had so dramatically made his own was now swarming with red-coated troops. The Russian right was fleeing before the Highland Brigade, the Greater Redoubt was taken and the road to Sevastopol was now open.
The Russian retreat became a rout and Lord Raglan sought permission to pursue the Russians, but General St. Arnaud decided this was impossible for his French troops had left their packs at their start points across the river and would have to go back for them before further advances. Raglan was unwilling to pursue the enemy without French support and the broken Russian army was able to escape unmolested.
As the British prepared to meet the Russian attack an unknown officer shouted Do not fire! They are French. Other officers shouted the order to fire and in the confusion the British troops began to withdraw from the Redoubt.
The Crimean War - Episode 1 The Reason Why
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The devastating details of a long ago war are eloquently presented in this documentary. The Crimean War: A Clash of Empires is a well-researched look into the conflict that shook Europe during the years 1853-56. The bloody conflict that pitted Russia against a large European coalition is shown here to be part of a chain of long-held antagonisms that continue to this day. Perhaps of all the things we remember of this confrontation, the only positive aspect that emerges is the appearance of Florence Nightingale.
Coatee from the Crimean War
Erica Arnold of the National Army Museum presents a favourite object from the Collection. A coatee belonging to a British officer during the Crimean War (1853-56).
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Charge of the Light brigade — The Charge -- Part 01
18 Line of Fire - Balaclava 1854
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