“Captain Lewis Nolan wounded” by Thomas Jones Barker, 1855 Commitment of a light brigade (cavalry) under the command of Lord Cardigan. Photo: ru.wikipedia.org
The Russian Ministry of Defense commented on the statements of the British Minister of Defense Ben Wallace, who had previously announced the possibility that London would “dig up” Moscow. According to Wallace in the Crimea in 1853, the Scottish Regiment did the same in relation to Tsar Nicholas I, but now the British are ready to repeat it.
The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenko, replied the head of the British military department. He recalled that the Kingdom's foreign minister had recently been in Moscow and had “demonstrated her amazing knowledge of Russia's geography.” In this respect, the Russian army is not surprised by the attempts of British colleagues to delve into history. According to Konashenko, however, Wallace's words are “nothing more than mythology for Her Majesty's glory.”
with the destruction of the “aristocratic English brigade” by Russian light artillery, commanded by Lord Cardigan.
“This” performance of the “British in the Crimean War,” continued Konashenko, As for the Scottish regiment, its “only performance” that day was, “that he simply did not run away like the others.”
Konashenkov advised British troops to study. not only the geography of Russia, but also history, “so as not to enrich our common military history with our lives.” little educated British politicians. “