Anti-Cavalry Barrier....

[Caius Fabius]

Caius Fabius wrote:

The French Cavalry at the same time forced Russian infantry and artillery troops to withdraw and actually saved the day, which is rarely told in the British written stories, but evident from Russian accounts.

Hello Caius

I am not sure which British accounts that you have read but the classic 'The Reason Why' by C. Woodham-Smith 1957 and the more recent 'Hell Riders', by T. Brighton 2004 both mention the charge by the Chasseurs D'Afrique. While not exactly saving the day their action did eventually take out the right flank of Russian guns saving many British lives during the withdrawal.
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Graham.

Yes I have both of those, currently my library has 87 Crimean War books, and I am missing 2 of Kinglake's volumes and count the fiction books by Kilworth in my Crimean collection. Even "Hell Riders" does not give the effect of the French cavalry's charge on the Russian troops, it gets brushed aside as something that was "helpful" to the Light Brigade. Don't get me started on the narcissistic British ancestors who wallow in their fore bearers "glory" and fight about which one is related to the real bugler who blew the "Charge" LOL :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :roll:
Thank goodness I was only doing light research for a trip to the Crimean, and not getting really into the period! (I would have to learn French to really study the period evenly!) When I really choose to study a period, well, I have a good sized library, LOL! hock: