The Battle of the Alma, 1854: First Blood to the Allies in the Crimea by Ian Fletcher, Natalia Ishcenko
English | January 24th, 2020 | ISBN: 1844156729 | 256 pages | True EPUB | 5.22 MB
On 20 September 1854 the combined British and French armies confronted the Russians at the river Alma in the critical opening encounter of the Crimean War. This was the first major battle the British had fought on European soil since Waterloo almost 40 years before.