Mercer Patrick. Give Them a Volley and Charge! The Battle of Inkerman 1854

Stroud, UK : The History Press, 2011. — 224 p.The day after the Battle of Balaklava, the Russians attempted an armed reconnaissance of the Allied right flank aimed at the exposed Inkermann position, but the remnants of the British 2nd Division bloodily repulsed them. The battle lasted less than 12 hours but was one of the bloodiest engagements in European history. While the Russian army was driven back, the battle so exhausted British and Allied forces that their plans to assault Sevastopol were abandoned. This book describes the battle.Born in 1956, Patrick Mercer read History at Oxford University before joining the Army. He commanded his battalion in Bosnia and Canada. Previously receiving a gallantry commendation, he was awarded the OBE in 1997. In 1999, Patrick Mercer accepted a post as the Defence Reporter for the Today Programme. In the 2001 election, he won the Tory seat in Newark. A respected historian, he has already published a non-fiction account of the Inkerman battle during the Crimean War.