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Author: Temple Godman
Publisher: John Murray Publishers
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Author: Temple Godman
Publisher: John Murray Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Author: Philip Warner
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848841086
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Among the British troops bound for the Black Sea in May 1854 was a young officer in the 5th Dragoon Guards, Richard Temple Godman, who sent home throughout the entire Crimea campaign many detailed letters to his family at Park Hatch in Surrey. Temple Godman went out at the start of the war, took part in the successful Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava and in other engagements, and did not return to England until June 1856, after peace had been declared. He took three very individual horses and despite all his adventures brought them back unscathed. Godmans dispatches from the fields of war reveal his wide interests and varied experiences; they range from the pleasures of riding in a foreign landscape, smoking Turkish tobacco, and overcoming boredom by donning comic dress and hunting wild dogs, to the pain of seeing friends and horses die from battle, disease, deprivation and lack of medicines. He writes scathingly about the skein of rivalries between the Generals (a good many muffs among the chiefs), inaccurate and highly coloured newspaper reports and, while critical of medical inefficiency, regards women in hospitals as a sort of fanaticism. Yet at other times he will employ the pen of an artist in describing a scene, or wax eloquent on the idiosyncrasies of horses. He is altogether a most gallant and sensitive young cavalryman, and deservedly went on to achieve high rank after the war. Always fresh and easy to read, his letters provide an unrivalled picture of what it was really like to be in the Crimea.
Author: George Brackenbury
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Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Author: Sir John Adye
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Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Author: John Schork
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939583048
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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A sweeping historical epic unfolds as Captain Richard Warren finds himself at the center of a tale of international warfare and intrigue that stretches from the scarred coasts of the Crimean War to the torn battlefields of the American Civil War. One man's pursuit of adventure collides with a personal sense of justice and globally trans-formative history in THE RIGHT WAR.
Author: Sir William Howard Russell
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Author: William Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781846774485
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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The account of a brave and dashing cavalry officer during the turbulent years of the Victorian age 'Billy' Johnson came from a well known family in Lincolnshire. He chose the life of a soldier in the Honourable East India Company's Bombay Army and travelled to the sub-continent to serve with both the 6th Bombay Native Infantry and the Guzerat Horse. He was the consummate sportsman and his accounts of tiger hunting and pig-sticking make riveting period reading. Ever keen to be in action, Johnson took the opportunity to join British forces in the Crimea where his actions attached to the 20th Foot at Inkerman brought him to the attention of his superiors. Promotion and transfer to the 1st Oudh Cavalry followed; which could have spelt disaster, had not his enthusiasm for campaigning taken him on the Persian Campaign-John Company's last war-just as the conflagration of the Indian Mutiny erupted within the heart of his own regiment. Returning to the fray-and always confident of his own ability to command native troops-Billy Johnson commanded the remnants of the 12th Irregular Cavalry-comprised of loyal Sikhs-and together they held the distinction of being the only native cavalry within the British force during the Lucknow campaign where they were ever in the thick of the conflict.
Author: Anthony Dawson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783030279
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Charge of the Light Brigade is one of the most famous, controversial and emotive small-scale actions in military history. Over the 160 years since the event, and since it was immortalized in Tennyson's poem, it has generated a stream of writing and debate. Yet, as this new book by Anthony Dawson shows, the subject is far from exhausted. His selection of previously unpublished letters and journal accounts of the two cavalry charges at the Battle of Balaklava is a notable addition to the literature on the Crimean War. It offers a direct insight into events on the battlefield as they were seen and understood by those who witnessed them and by those who took part. In their own words, and in the language of the time, the men who were there recorded what they knew and felt. 'Anthony Dawson's Letters from the Light Brigade offers us a rich source of authentic, very telling soldiers' experiences from the Crimean War. He presents this new collation with a concise, authoritative commentary on the deployment of the Light Brigade and its major actions in Crimea. Of course, that formation's famous charge at Balaklava is given due prominence, but not exclusively so. There are real gems of insight here, both historical and modern: much to fascinate and a great deal to learn. I for one, will never look at or describe the battles and battlefields of the Crimea again in quite the same way. Hence I am delighted to introduce and commend this work as a very valuable and compelling addition to the literature of the Crimean War.' From the foreword by Mungo Melvin, Major General (retired), President, British Commission for Military History
Author: George Paget
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Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher: Atheneum Books
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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