Paco is right to reproach me for failing to mention the French contribution at Inkerman. At the end of a week in which there has been much ill-informed press comment about the possible problems of closer Anglo-French military co-operation in the future, it is good to be able to record an occasion on which it worked well enough.
Here are two details of a painting by Gustave Doré of the Zouaves arriving to rescue the British Guards:
And here is General Bosquet, widely seen as the ‘man of the match’, in a portrait by Horace Vernet:
Off course it was a jok! briitish troops hold the line during all the day , and french troops came at the right momment ! both contributed to the victory!
ReplyDeletethere was only one hero that day, it was all the simple privat's people (british, russian or french)that suffered during a long long time!!!!
regards
paco
thanks for these images - never seen them before...
ReplyDeleteHi everyone! I'm new here and have to say I already love this place! Thanks for sharing those images with us, Charles.
ReplyDeleteTake a look at this thread: http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101674
You can use any of those pics on your blog. ;-)
I'm ZOUAVE over there. I'm a moderator of that forum.
Best Regards,
Zouave