William Howard Russell served as the first war correspondent in newspaper history while covering this conflict.
William Howard Russell served as the first war correspondent in newspaper history while covering this conflict. Camillo di Cavour sent troops to this war from the Kingdom of Sardinia to gain leverage for the Italian unification movement. This conflict saw one side form the "thin red line" at the Battle of (*) Balaklava, where the Earl of Cardigan ordered the "charge of the light brigade." For 10 points, name this war of the 1850s, in which France, Great Britain, and the Ottoman Empire fought Russia over the namesake peninsula.
William Howard Russell served as the first war correspondent in newspaper history while covering this conflict.
{Crimean} War