The Great Redan at Sebastopol: The Most Victoria Crosses Awarded for a Single Action by James W. Bancroft
English | July 9th, 2024 | ISBN: 139906052X | 224 pages | True EPUB | 25.38 MB
English | July 9th, 2024 | ISBN: 139906052X | 224 pages | True EPUB | 25.38 MB
On 18 June 1855, the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, British assault troops moved out of their trenches before Sebastopol in the Crimea, and attacked the formidable Russian bastion known as the Great Redan. They came under such a murderous fire from the Russian defenders that the attack faltered, and the British were eventually forced to fall back. As they did so, they left over 1,000 comrades dead and dying out in the open and at the mercy of enemy snipers.