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The charge : the real reason why the Light Brigade was lost /

The charge of the Light Brigade! One of Britain's best known glorious disasters. This book shatters many long-held conceptions of how and why it happened, and who was to blame. The reader rides with the Regiments down the valley, visits the Russian guns as they frantically fire from three sides...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adkin, Mark (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen and Sword Military, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps and Sketches -- Symbols and Abbreviations used on Maps -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- PART ONE -- THE LIGHT BRIGADE -- 1 'The Light Brigade will advance ... ' -- 2 The Four Horsemen of Calamity -- 3 To War -- PART TWO -- THE ORDERS -- 4 Orders for the Infantry -- 5 Two Orders for the Cavalry -- 6 Two More Orders for the Cavalry -- PART THREE -- THE CHARGE -- 7 Running the Gauntlet (1) -- 8 Running the Gauntlet (2) -- 9 Through the Guns -- 10 Back up the Valley -- PART FOUR -- THE CONSEQUENCES -- 11 The Reckoning 
505 8 |a 12 The Recriminations -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: The Light Brigade -- Appendix 2: The Cavalry Division -- Appendix 3: The Allied Order of Battle -- Appendix 4: The Russian Order of Battle -- Appendix 5: The Last Survivors -- Appendix 6: A Gun Accident, 1811 -- Sources -- Notes -- Plate section 
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