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'The grand charge of the Guards on the Heights of the Alma, Sept. 20th, 1854'
Coloured lithograph by and after L Huard (d 1874) 'from a Sketch taken on the Spot by an English Officer', published by E Gambart & Co, London, 1 November 1854.
The Duke of Cambridge had not handled the Brigade of Guards well and when the Light Division was forced back from the Great Redoubt, the Guards were not in close enough support. The Scots Fusilier Guards crossed the River Alma slightly before the Grenadier and the Coldstream Guards but, having had their ranks disordered by men of the Light Division retreating through them, were thrown back in turn from the Great Redoubt. The situation was retrieved by the approach of the Grenadiers and Coldstreams, who dispersed the Russians with accurate Minié fire.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1971-02-33-26-1
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1971-02-33-26-1