On the 5th November 1854 a smaller British and (yes) French army beat off an assault by the Russians at Inkerman in the Crimea. It was known as “The Soldier’s Battle” as men fought small engagements due to poor visibility in dense fog.
The Russians had massed 32000 men on the Allied flank and headed for the 2700 man 2nd Division, commanded today by the aggressive Pennefather. Instead of falling back in the face of superior numbers, he advanced. The British had their rifles to thank this day as they took a terrible toll on the musket armed Russian Infantry, who were hemmed in by the valley’s bottle neck shape. The British 2nd Division pushed the Russians back onto their reinforcements and should have been routed by the Russians’ numbers, but the fog and the British Light Division saved them. Three successive Russian commanders were killed in this engagement.
The Russians other 15000 men approached and assailed the Sandbag Battery, but they were routed by 300 British defenders vaulting the wall, blunting the lead Battalions, who were then attacked in the flank. More Russian attacks ensured the Battery exchanged hands several times.
The British 4th Division was not as lucky. Arriving on the field, its flanking move was itself flanked and its commander, Cathcart, killed. This enabled the Russians to advance, but not for long. They were soon driven off by French units arriving from their camps and made no more headway.
The battle was lost and they had to withdraw.
This was the last time the Russians tried to defeat the Allied troops in the field. Despite this reverse, however, the Russian attack had seriously stalled the Allies from capturing Sevastopol. They had to instead, spend one harsh winter on the heights overlooking the city, before it fell in September of 1855.
The British suffered 2573 casualties, the French 1800 and the Russians 11959.
Help locate Bunnies P
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Post only any sightings of this chap. The goal is to locate him and get him back to the fold.
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This is the city…Los Angeles, California… It’s a fair city with its 4 million inhabitants… I work here and i carry a badge…
4:29 PM it was a cloudy afternoon, Capt. Mac is the watch commander. My partner is Bill Gannon, My name is Friday.
Bunnies P was seen on the corner of Alvarado and 6th. We proceeded to close in the suspect, but he fled.
We asked the local business if they had seen him at any AA tournaments, and acknowledged they have not.
The search continues…
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Do you know that he lives in L.A.?
GG
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No but if he didn’t it would not fit in with the comedy of somebody who will never show up. He obviously doesn’t visit here.
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I left for a month or two because I was busy building my custom Global table, it doesn’t mean that I was trapped under a stack of newspapers, or in line at the big worm buffet.
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You are not Bunnies P. Bunnies P was a friend of mine and you are not him. JK
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Sorry, I misjudged the sarcastic tone of the whole subject. No disrespect.
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