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BALAKLAVA BATTLE -
CRIMEAN WAR

 
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The view from the museum on the Sapun Gor ridge down the north valley where the Light Brigade charged. One can appreciate in this view the steepness of the ridge and what horsemanship was required of Capt Nolan to ride straight down to send Lord Raglan's message to Lord Lucan. The Causeway height is on the right but from this elevation one can hardly discern that it is a 'height' at all. In the distant haze Canrobert's hill is barely visible between the Causeway and the mountains on the horizon..

 
   

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