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First Blood in the Crimea: The Battle of Alma Following an amphibious landing on the Crimean Peninsula, the allied army of France and Great Britain marched on Sevastopol. Heres What You Need to Know: The Russian withdrawal would become a rout. On the morning of September 14, 1854, an Anglo-French fleet arrived off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea. There were hundreds of vessels, including towering, three-decked warships, sleek frigates, and lumbering transports ready to disg...

THE recent coverage of the closure of the Sir John Moore Barracks near Littleton reminds Belgarum of when the barracks was new, in the late 1980s.

The Bloodiest Day in American History Came in 1862 As recently as 2009, the remains of soldiers who were interred on the field, their final resting places forgotten, have been rediscovered. Heres What You Need To Remember: Even though McClellan knew Lees plans in advance, the Battle of Antietam was drawn-out - and horrific. Some units sustained casualties approaching three-fourths. During the September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam, casualties piled almost too high to count. The culmination of t...

New Historical Fiction Novel, The Dark Side of the Mountain, by Christopher Mars Available as an Amazon Kindle eBook At No Cost Through December 27, 2021 Novel Shares Dramatic Story of One U.S. 10th Mountain Division Soldier During World War II News provided by Share this article "The Dark Side of the Mountain," by author Christopher Mars reveals a 10 th Mountain Division infantrymans adventurous journey and a past filled with sorrow, triumph and hope. The novel is available until December 27, ...

by Tim Saunders, with Rob Yuill Barnsley, Eng.: Pen & Sword / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2020. Pp. x, 302. Illus., maps, diagr., side bars, append., notes, index. . $42.95. ISBN: 152675732X British Light Infantry Against Napoleon The Light Division in the Peninsular War, 1808-1811 is the first half of a two volume work on British light troops in the Peninsular War. The authors, both veterans of The Rifles (the linear heir to the Light Division) and both registered battlef...

The federals have retreated back across the river. mcclellan will have to lick his wounds back in maryland tonight. >> thank god for that, at least, but we have plenty of our own wounds, as well. >> over the first year and a half of the civil war, stonewall jacksons uncanny abilities on the battlefield have made him a living legend. but now jackson and lee are forced to lead the army of northern virginia and retreat for the first time. >> the outcome of the battle of antietam is that it is a uni...

The federals have retreated back across the river. mcclellan will have to lick his wounds back in maryland tonight. >> thank god for that, at least, but we have plenty of our own wounds, as well. >> over the first year and a half of the civil war, stonewall jacksons uncanny abilities on the battlefield have made him a living legend. but now jackson and lee are forced to lead the army of northern virginia and retreat for the first time. >> the outcome of the battle of antietam is that it is a uni...