Battle of the Tchernaya: Russian assault repulsed by French Sardinian forces
A vivid field report describes the Tchernaya fighting near Balaklava with three armies forming a semi circle. French and Sardinian troops repelled two major Russian assaults on the bridge and aqueduct, while Piedmontese and Sardinian batteries blasted the attackers. The scene ends with a decisive French-Sardinian victory and scattered Russian retreat.
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I'chernaya
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Chernaya
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Wassielcvsky
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Daybreak Scene of Tehernaya Valley Battlefield Movements
Russians gain initial success as artillery belches from thirty guns in a crescent outside the bridge. Piedmontese batteries reply on the heights while French divisions Camoux Erbillon and Faucheux stand ready behind a ridge. English and French cavalry mass on the plain near the Parkish redoubts as the action resumes.
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Tehernaya
Mackenzie Heights
Woronzoff-road
Thorgoun-road
Camoux
Erbillon
Faucheux
Harge
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