The Crimean War - Part Six

Russian Rulers History Podcast

Mark Schauss

History, Putin, Ussr, Usa, War, Tsar, Belarus, Arts, Revolution, Social Sciences, Ukraine, Science, Crimea, Russia, Soviet

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The Battles of Balaklava and Inkerman and the Charge of the Light Brigade are covered in today's podcast. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/support

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0:00.0	And the The Welcome to Russian History Retold, episode 146, The Crimean War, Part 6. Last time we covered the opening battles of the Crimean War and in
0:47.1	particular the Battle of Alma. From here we're going to begin to talk about the
0:51.9	problems surrounding the men and the women serving in the ward,
0:55.0	along with the battles of Balaclava and Incerman.
0:59.0	Following the Battle of Alma, there was general disagreement among the Allies on whether to pursue the retreating Russians or hold their positions and recuperate.
1:09.0	Within the British ranks, Raglan did not want to send his like cavalry out, as he feared, and rightfully
1:16.2	so, that the Russians still had a strong contingent of heavy cavalry at their disposal and a pursuit might be foolhardy.
1:24.0	While the Russians had 1,000 highly trained cavalrymen at their disposal,
1:29.0	the Russians had 3,000, many of whom were the world-renowned Cossack horsemen.
1:36.7	Immediately after the Battle of Alma, many thought that the Russian retreat was a mess,
1:41.6	but in reality it wasn't. While Menchikoff may have failed as a commander in the field,
1:46.8	he led a very orderly and rapid withdrawal, even taking a number of hills to make sure that his troops would be protected in case the allies decided to attack.
1:57.0	Unfortunately, the men were still within artillery range of the allies who hit them ferociously. As Captain Chata Sewich would say, quote,
2:08.0	we passed numbers of unfortunate men who cried out to us for help we could not give them.
2:15.0	Some asked for water to quench their intolerable thirst.
2:19.0	All others begged hard to be put out of their agony by a speedy death. These sights and sounds had a very visible
2:26.7	effect on the morale of the men, as they saw how little care was taken of them when they
2:32.1	most required it.
2:34.6	They exclaimed amongst themselves while passing through these horrors,
2:39.2	Happy as he who a merciful Providence permits to die on the field of battle.
2:46.0	It was at this point that the Allies and had they attacked in force they would have broken
2:50.8	the Russian lines and may have won the war without taking
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