After this battle, John Ashley Kilvert, a future mayor, was found half frozen but alive in a ditch.
After this battle, John Ashley Kilvert, a future mayor, was found half frozen but alive in a ditch. In reporting for the Times, William Russell wrote seeing a colorful "streak tipped with a line of steel," inspiring a nickname for one phase of it. At one point in this battle, Louis Nolan vaguely waved his arm while saying "There is your enemy!" to Lord Lucan. During it, Sir Colin Campbell's 93rd Highland Regiment repelled an enemy attack in the "Thin Red Line" defense. The best known phase of this battle occurred when Lord Raglan sent troops into a location defended by Pavel Liprandi called the Valley of Death, resulting in numerous British casualties at the hands of Russian guns. For 10 points, name this battle in the Crimean War that featured the ill-fated "Charge of the Light Brigade."
After this battle, John Ashley Kilvert, a future mayor, was found half frozen but alive in a ditch.
Battle of Balaclava