text: For three months near the end of this war, William Fenwick Williams defended the small town of Kars.
full_question: For three months near the end of this war, William Fenwick Williams defended the small town of Kars. This war began shortly after France sent the ship-of-line Charlemagne as a show of force in violation of the London Straits Convention. In this war, Patrice McMahon captures the Malakoff Redoubt early in his career. William Howard Russel documented this war for The Times, and the (*) Victoria Cross was introduced in its aftermath. Sir Colin Campbell ordered his men to array two-deep, setting up a "Thin Red Line", and six-hundred men were sent to attack a well-prepared artillery battery, at its Battle of Balaclava. For 10 points, name this war in which Lord Cardigan led the charge of the Light Brigade, fought by an Ottoman and European alliance against Russia.
first_sentence: For three months near the end of this war, William Fenwick Williams defended the small town of Kars.
raw_answer: Crimean War