The Crimean War: secondary sources overview

Marjie Bloy Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore

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Extracts from Christopher Hibbert's The Destruction of Lord Raglan, (Longmans, 1961) appear with the author's kind permission. Copyright, of course, remains with Dr. Hibbert.

• the organisation of the British army
• the men in command of the British army (early 1854)
• the British army at Varna (September 1854)
• the landing at Eupatoria (September 1854)
• the March to the Alma (September 1854)
• the Russian defences at Sevastopol (September 1854)
• the British camp at Balaclava (September/October 1854)
• Dissent among the British commanders (October onwards, 1854)
• the Charge of the Light Brigade (25 October 1854)
• the condition of the British army in the Crimea (November 1854)
• the great storm (14 November 1854)
• chaos at the British camp at Balaclava (December 1854)
• the nightmare of the Crimea (January/February 1855)
• improvements in the Crimea (February 1855)
• the Charge of the Light Brigade (25 October 1854)
• Extract from Cecil Woodham Smith's The Reason Why (New York, McGraw-Hill 1953), pp.242-59.
• Lawrence W. Crider. In Search of the Light Brigade. [Biographical dictionary] Barnham, West Sussex: Eurocommunica, 2004. [Review by GPL].

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