This just in from the Crimea. Tensions are building as conflict continues between the advancing Russian forces and the Allies. Supplies have now reached Cossack Bay, Balaclava, bringing much-needed relief to beleaguered British forces. There are reports of columns of refugees fleeing the area.
The year is 1855 and, as these pictures attest, the war against the Russian land grab has taken its toll. In particular, Captain Lord Balgonie of the Grenadier Guards is suffering from the effects of fighting. Balgonie is enduring post traumatic stress disorder – although it will be many decades before that term enters common usage.
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Source: Newsweek
