"Who has won the battle of balaclava?" Topic
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| Rudi the german | 15 May 2013 3:50 a.m. PST |
link Appeantly is it unclear who has won this battle?
What is your opinion and why? Fire away! Greetings |
| MajorB | 15 May 2013 4:36 a.m. PST |
Depends what you mean by "winning". |
| vtsaogames | 15 May 2013 5:30 a.m. PST |
I would give the edge to the Russians, since they took the Fedioukine Heights and made British supply more difficult. The British army withered away during the winter. It might have done so without the Heights being in Russian hands. The loss of the Light Brigade also figures into the mix. The Russian cavalry didn't cover itself with glory, being roundly thumped by the Heavy Brigade. |
 Nashville  | 15 May 2013 9:16 p.m. PST |
The Russian goal has never been satisfactorily explained. Had they intended to take the port at Balaclava they failed. Had they intended to only interdict the supply line by assailing the outer defenses and holding them, they succeeded….at least for a time. They did draw troops from the seige which was to have lasted another year. It certainly was a missed Russian opportunity. Given that they lost every pitched battle ( save the siege of Kars) they came closest to victory at Balaclava and that's the best you can say about it. MORE HERE : link |
| OSchmidt | 16 May 2013 1:43 p.m. PST |
Errol Flyn Led the charge, defeated the Russian Cavalry, sabred the Russian Gunners and personally skewered Suri-Khan. If that's not winning I don't know what is. In my wargaming live I have played in FOUR Charge of the Light Brigade Games. In each one of them NO ONE wanted to play the Russians, the GM did that. In each one we NEVER reached the Russian Guns. We won. No body could tell us different.
If you approach this in a rational way you have lost the whole spirit of the game. |
| Royal Marine | 16 May 2013 1:54 p.m. PST |
I did. Simple plan … "Charge" … |
| Justin Credible | 16 May 2013 5:47 p.m. PST |
oschmidt – you're a man after my own heart! |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 17 May 2013 4:38 a.m. PST |
The loss of the light brigade was irrelevant. Virtually all of the horses & most of the men would have died of disease that winter anyway. The victory of the Heavy Brigade & 'lunacy' of the Light Brigade successfully intimidated the Russian cavalry who never confronted the British in the field again. |
| tkdguy | 19 May 2013 12:07 a.m. PST |
There is a 1969 movie about the Light Brigade starring David Hemmings. Good movie, and much more historically accurate than Errol Flynn's version. |
| Chouan | 19 May 2013 2:54 a.m. PST |
Outstandingly good in fact, although with a 60's social view expressed, but the charge itself is superbly done. |
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