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Crimean War
Battle of Alma
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The British went for full frontal assault and they won. They charged across the river and up the side of the hills and took the Russian redoubts.
The Russians were forced to flee with 1,755 men dead and 6,000 injured
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NURSING
In February 1853 the Army Medical Department and the Ordnance Medical Department were combined together to make one department, under Dr. Andrew Smith. This new department only had six members of staff.
The major base hospital was established at Scutari. The old Ottoman barracks were converted into the Barrack hospital by the British, and could accomodate about 6,000 men at one time.
FLLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
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Florence Nightengale was asked to head the nurses at the Scutari Barrack Hospital, with no other candidates asked to apply for the position.
She went to the Crimea with a team of 38 nurses, who were hand selected for the job by a committee.
Her brief was clear - she was only in charge of the nurses and was herself under the authority of Dr. Menzies, the medical officer.
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CAUSES
POWER AND FEAR
OF RUSSIA
The Russian Empire had majorly grown in Europe and its army was advancing through central Asia, presenting a double threat to Britain:
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RELIGIOUS
A dispute occured when Russia said that it needed to protect the Greek Orthodox Christians in Turkey, which was mainly Muslim.
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BRITISH PEOPLE
Wanted the British to go to war to protect the Turks and support the French. They wrote to newspapers.
Reporting the war
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ROGER FENTON
PROBLEMS
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Although he was there to report on the war he was banned from photographing horrific images such as dead bodies
Photographic technology was not advanced enough to allow him to take pictures in which the sublects were moving
He became bored of simply photographing officers and ships, so asked a friend to take him to photograph a 'good view'. His friend took him to a narrow ravine between the British camps and the Russian fortifications. He was amazed at what he saw, a place that the soldiers described as 'The Valley of the Shadow of Death'. To these soldiers it was a well known place, and Fenton was able to make it known to all their families back home in Britain.
BIOGRAPHY
He took nearly 400 useable photos whilst he was there, most of which were exhibited in London in October 1855 before being taken on tour throughout Britain.
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Thomas Agnew & Sons of Mancester wanted to produce an albumn of photos from the Crimean War that would be suitable for sale, and Fenton jumped at the oppourtunity to do this
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William HOWARD RUSSELL
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He was sent to the Crimea by The Times and therefore was the first professional journalist to report on a war
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The reports he sent to England shocked the British public and did alot to turn the public against the war
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PROBLEMS
His graphic descriptions of the horrors of the war were very different to the image of the war that had previously been presented to the public, in which the war was presented as heroic and brave.
This reporting from Russell undermined the government's presentation of the war and ruined the reputation of Lord Raglan, among others.
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In direct response to to the Crimean dispatches printed in The Times, Sir Robert Peel, the son of the former Prime Minister, sent the paper £200 for supplying 'comforts' to the sick and wounded - this formed the basis for the 'Crimea Fund', which quickly managed to raise over £7,000 for the cause.
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The reaction of Britain
William Russell brought the horrors of the Crimean War to the attention of everyone back in Britian.
In direct response to to the Crimean dispatches printed in The Times, Sir Robert Peel, the son of the former Prime Minister, sent the paper £200 for supplying 'comforts' to the sick and wounded - this formed the basis for the 'Crimea Fund', which quickly managed to raise over £7,000 for the cause.