Earlier in this war, Colin Campbell repelled enemy cavalry with his Thin Red Line of infantry.
Near the end of this war, William Fenwick Williams surrendered the city of Kars after a five-month-long siege by Nikolay Muravyov. Earlier in this war, Colin Campbell repelled enemy cavalry with his Thin Red Line of infantry. Under a heavy fog during this war, Fyodor Soymonov doomed his forces by leading them the wrong way at the Battle of Inkerman. The Earl of Cardigan's mistakes caused heavy British casualties during the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade in this war's Battle of Balaclava. Name this 1850s war in which Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire fought Russia on the namesake Ukrainian peninsula.
Near the end of this war, William Fenwick Williams surrendered the city of Kars after a five-month-long siege by Nikolay Muravyov.
Crimean War