Historical books of the Crimean War, including the battles of Balaclava, Inkerman and Alma. Historical books by leading book authors and book publishers available from the Military Print Company. 

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Crimean Campaign with the Connaught Rangers 1854-56 by Lieut Col Nathaniel Steevens.

The events described in this book come from the pages of the authors own letters and diary, written during the campaign in which he was present throughout. It is a record of his impressions and observations, written at the time without any thought of publication; it was at the request of several friends that the book got published - and a remarkably detailed record it is. The regiment embarked for the Crimea on 4th April 1854, less than two weeks after the declaration of war, with a strength of 32 officers and 879 other ranks besides women allowed to accompany their husbands! It did not return home till 21st July 1856 having suffered a total of 769 casualties of whom 350 were dead and of these 184 died of disease, some 52 percent. The Rangers were in action at the Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol and at the assault on the Redan. Steevens, who embarked as a lieutenant, a company officer, emerged as a captain, awarded Brevet of Major for distinguished conduct in the field, and appointed Companion of the Bath (CB)  This really is a fascinating account of one of the most disastrously managed campaigns in which the British Army has ever been involved, and the author pulls no punches, just listen to this catalogue of complaints: severe and constant overwork, want of proper cooking utensils, want of clothing, men in rags for many weeks, insufficiency of tents, want of transport, want of pickaxes and billhooks, faulty system of requisitions, lack of fresh meat and bread, green coffee with no means of roasting it and no vegetables - what a way to run an army on active service. Each chapter covers a specific period and the detail includes all the casualties by name as they occurred and the conditions under which the troops lived and fought. Lists of killed and wounded in various battles, Honours and Awards and casualty statistics are given in the appendix, even down to amputations, With the reinforcements that arrived during the course of the campaign a total of 1,954 officers and men served with the regiment in the Crimea. This is a great book.

Paperback book with 359 pages.

Price £18.50.

Crimea - The Great Crimean War 1854-1856 by Trevor Royle

The Crimean War was a watershed in the world history: it broke the long peace of 1815 and set in train the succession of European war and power struggles which dominated the second half of the nineteenth century. It created a heroic myth out of the Charge of the Light Brigade, in Florence Nightingale produced one of history's great heroines, was the first conflict to be covered by the press and pointed the way to what mass warfare would be like in the twentieth century. Based on the diplomatic and military despatches of the period, many of them previously unseen, Trevor Royle's fascinating book is the first complete account of a war which helped to shape the modern world.

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Book serial number BA1. Price £22.50. Hard back with 564 pages.

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The Reason Why by Cecil Woodham-Smith

Cecil Woodham-Smith tells the extraordinary story behind one of the most fantastic blunders in military history - the terrible and tragic defeat of the famous Light Brigade during the Crimean War. From a mass of unpublished papers, she has unearthed the devastating evidence as to why more than five hundred men met death in a charge that has since become immortal.

The key to the mystery lies far back in English tradition - in the system of the British Army at the time and in the lives and personalities of two unusual men, Lord Cardigan and Lord Lucan.

It was Lord Lucan who ordered the now legendary charge and Lord Cardigan who led it. Both were men of noble birth - wealthy, handsome, egocentric, and ruthless. At a time when war was the trade of the aristocracy, these two, arrogant and unknowing, rose to high command in the cavalry. Cardigan soon became a cause celebre in England. Absolutely incapable of being civil to those under him, Cardigan's cruelty to his men earned him the hatred of all England. Lord Lucan was a superior soldier, but scarcely a more admirable personality. He valued human lives not at all and at the height of the Irish famine threw hundreds off his property there, razing their homes in the process. It is these tow men, brothers-in-law and hated enemies, who are at the centre of Woodham-Smith's fascinating story. Within them, and within the system that enabled them to rise to military power lies a clue to the whole Crimean catastrophe.

Book serial number BK47. Price £17.95. Hard back with 286 pages.

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The Crimean War - A Reappraisal by Philip Warner.

It would seem from the general historical perspective that the Crimean War was the most mismanaged, brutal and futile campaign that has ever been fought.  For well over a hyndred years it has been presented as the classic model of military and medical blundering.  Military inefficiency is felt to have been slightly redeemed by the glamour surrounding the ill-fated heroism of the Charge of the Light Brigade, and medical chaos made acceptable by the subsequent achievements of the diligent Florence Nightingale.  The facts that the Allies won this war against extremely tough opponents, that at the end of it the British Army had reached a high pitch of efficiency, and that the campaign was one of extreme difficulty, are all too frequently glossed over or completely ignored.  In this reappraisal Philip Warner puts the record straight, defining the armys achievements and setbacks, the medical and logistical misfortunes, and the sheer horror of the war, in the context of the time and place.

Illustrated paperback with 216 pages.

Book serial number W55. Price £7.99.

The Destruction of Lord Raglan by Christopher Hibbert.

In March 1854, a British army of 30,000 men sailed for the Crimea to defend the crumbling Turkish Empire from Russia. The Times described it as the finest army that has ever left our shores. It was led by Lord Raglan, a veteran of The Battle of Waterloo, some forty years earlier.

The campaign quickly degenerated into a series of military disasters caused by incompetence at the highest level, bitter rivalries among the divisional commander and criminal inadequacies of transport, clothing and military and medical supplies. To enable the British government to survive, Raglan was made the scapegoat. This sensitive and courageous man died only weeks before the victory - largely French - over the Russians at Malakoff. Tragic though the campaign was, it provides a story of astonishing, if sometimes foolhardy courage, self-sacrifice and individual bravery.

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The British Army of the Crimea by J B R Nicholson & Michael Roffe

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Book price £8.99. Book serial number Osprey MA040.

The Russian Army of the Crimea by Albert Seaton & Michael Roffe

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Book price £8.99. Book serial number Osprey MA027.

Inkerman 1854, The Soldiers Battle by Patrick Mercer  

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. Despite outnumbering their enemies five to one the Russians failed to achieve what looked to be an almost foregone conclusion. The third major action of the Crimean War, the battle fought in heavy fog at Inkerman 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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Book price £12.99. Book serial number Osprey 51.

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Balaclava 1854, The Charge of the Light Brigade by John Sweetman

The Charge of the Light Brigade was but one of three dramatic phases of the Battle of Balaclava. John Sweetman describes this dashing series of actions, including 'The Thin Red Line' and the Charge of the Heavy Brigade, as the Anglo-French army besieging the Crimean port of Sevastopol defended its supply base from Russian attack. Dr Sweetman, historian and author, is Head of the Dept of Military History and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England.

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Book price £12.99. Book serial number Osprey 6.

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