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Download or read book Seventy one Years of a Guardsman s Life written by George Higginson and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Seventy one Years of a Guardsman s Life With Portraits and Illustrations written by Sir George Wentworth Alexander HIGGINSON and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Seventy one Years of a Guardsman s Life by General Sir George Higginson written by George Higginson (General Sir.) and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Guards Brigade in the Crimea written by Michael Springman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guards Brigade consisted of three battalions, the 3rd Grenadier Guards, 1st Coldstream Guards and 1st Scottish Fusilier Guards (as the Scots Guards were then known).The book opens with a resum of the causes of the War and an analysis of the woeful disorganization of the Army, in contrast to the efficiency of the Royal Navy. The Brigades performance in the major battles (Alma, inkerman etc.) is examined. The author describes the Russians plans, the ground and conditions experienced by the long suffering troops. The roles and abilities of the various commanders, often found wanting, is fascinatingly treated. After the war was over, the return home and parades are described.
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