Balaklava
Balaklava (Balaclava) Town in the Crimea, site of an inconclusive battle (1854) during the Crimean War. The British, French and Turks held off a Russian attack on their supply port of Balaclava. The battle is famous for a disastrous charge by Lord Cardigan's Light Brigade to capture Russian guns.
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