THIN RED LINE: AN EYEWITNESS HISTORY OF THE CRIMEAN WAR. – JULIAN SPILSBURY Bestel Nu

‘Home in time for the pheasant season’ was the cheerful assumption of most British officers when the Army was shipped off to fight the Russians in 1854. But it was not to be. After landing in the Crimea and beating the Russians in open battle, the redcoats found themselves laying siege to the great naval base of Sebastopol. There, they endured a bitter winter in improvised positions, desperately short of supplies and with next to no medical care. Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War, J…