A Russian attack on the allied supply base at Balaclava on 25 October 1854 was rebuffed.

Balaclava provided a morale boost to the Russians and convinced them that the allied lines were thinly spread out and undermanned.

This division, consisting of the Azovsky, Dnieper, Ukraine and Odessa regiments, along with four batteries of artillery, had arrived from Bessarabia ; by the time the division had reached the Crimea, Menshikov had decided to use them to attack the Allied rear from Chorgun, and march on Balaclava.

The Ottoman forces in these positions, having already watched their compatriots flee the first redoubt and realizing that the British were not coming to their aid, retreated back towards Balaclava, pursued by the Cossacks who had little trouble dispatching any stray or isolated men ; the few British NCOs could do nothing but spike the guns, rendering them unusable.

The brigade and its leader distinguished themselves very greatly at the Battle of Alma ; and with his " thin red line of Highlanders " he repulsed the Russian attack on Balaclava.

He served through the Eastern Campaign, 1854-55 ; commanded the 42nd Regiment at the Alma, and the Highland Brigade at Balaclava.

In recognition of his services, he received from the hands of Queen Victoria the Crimea Medal with clasps for Alma, Inkerman, Balaclava, and Sebastopol ; he received the Turkish medal later.

* July 30, 1938 – near Balaclava Station, Jamaica: five overcrowded cars derail ; 32 killed, 70 injured.

; Mysteries starring Prof. Peter Shandy of ( fictional ) Balaclava Agricultural College Helen Marsh Shandy, DLS

Many streets in Balaclava and its vicinity are named after Crimean War battles ; e. g., the Battle of Balaclava ( Balaclava Road ), the Battle of Inkerman ( Inkerman Road ), the Siege of Sevastopol ( Sebastopol Street ), the Battle of the Alma River ( Alma Road ) and the Battle of Malakoff ( Malakoff Street ).

The British, under the command of Lord Raglan, and the French, under Canrobert, positioned their troops to the south of the port on the Chersonese Peninsula: the French Army occupied Kamiesh on the west coast whilst the British moved to the southern port of Balaclava.

Taking advantage of this exposure, the Russian General Liprandi, with some 25, 000 men, prepared to attack the defences in and around Balaclava, hoping to disrupt the supply chain between the British base and their siege lines.

But this latest intelligence proved accurate, and early on 25 October, just before 05: 00, Liprandi ’ s troops of the ' Chorgun Detachment ' left their camp and marched off in silence towards the Balaclava valleys.

With the first four redoubts on the Causeway Heights either captured or out of action, all that protected Balaclava were Lucan's Cavalry Division, together with the 550 men of the 93 Highlanders, Barker's W Battery, 100 invalids under Colonel Daveney, and some Ottomans, reinforced by their countrymen from the redoubts who had rallied and formed up alongside them.

The 1st Division got away promptly, but when Raglan's staff officer informed Cathcart that the Russians were marching on Balaclava, he at first refused to comply, complaining that his men had only just finished their shift in the trenches before Sevastopol.

With only Balaclava and the Black Sea to their backs, he rode quickly along the line expressing his determination to resist – " Men, remember there is no retreat from here.

A message of greetings is sent to the Regiment each year on their Regimental Day, 25 October, the anniversary of the Battle of Balaclava in 1854.

During the Battle of Balaclava gunners abandoned their guns, in effect abandoning their colours, causing disgrace.

The title and term originated in a journalist's description ( a " thin red streak tipped with a line of steel ") of the appearance of the red-coated Argylls ( under their alternate name of the 93rd Highland Regiment ) as they stood before -- and repelled -– a vastly superior force of Russian cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War.

At the start of October, French and British engineers, moving from their base at Balaclava, began to direct the building of siege lines along the Chersonese uplands to the south of Sevastopol.

In total ( including Zhabokritsky's force and a reserve held back at the Tractir Bridge ) Liprandi had at his disposal around 25, 000 men and 78 guns – not enough to threaten the siege lines, but more than enough to compromise the defences at Balaclava whose loss to the Allies would be tremendous.

Even if the redoubts were retaken, they would have to be defended by men whose priority was the siege of Sevastopol, and he dared not expose his supply base at Balaclava to further Russian attacks.

He was present at the battles of the Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman, and at the siege of Sevastopol.

He served during the Crimean War of 1854 – 5, including the battles of Alma, where he was wounded, Balaclava, Inkerman, where he was again wounded, and the siege of Sebastopol.

During October and November 1854, the battles of Balaclava and Inkerman took place beyond the siege lines.

In the week following the battle of Balaclava, the remnants of the Light Brigade were posted inland, to high ground overseeing the British lines surrounding Inkerman.

Notable inhabitants of these properties were the Markwicks ( builders and carpenters, from 1700 ) at Coppinghall and Milton Cottage ( Interestingly, the current generation of notable Markwicks in Uckfield run the local picture house ), Edward Kenward ( 19th century maltster ) at the Malt House, Thomas Pentecost ( a Victorian leather cutter and local poet ) in a cottage near the Grammar School and General Sir George Calvert Clarke ( commander of the Royal Scots Greys at Balaclava ) at Church House.

On October 25 a Russian force attacked the British base at Balaclava, and although the Russian attack was foiled before it could reach the base, the Russians were left holding a strong position north of the British line.

Redoubts upon the Causeway Heights offered Balaclava its first line of defence: five were built upon the heights – approximately 500 yards (~ 450 m ) apart – and one upon what came to be known as Canrobert's Hill, slightly to the south and covering the extreme right of the British defences ( see map below ).

To the Russian commanders, and, belatedly, to the Royal Engineers, the redoubts were recognised to be too far forward of the inner defensive line of Balaclava to be adequately defended and supported by the British.

To the Russians the Battle of Balaclava was a victory and proved a welcome boost in morale – they had captured the British redoubts ( from which seven guns were removed and taken to Sevastopol as trophies ), and had gained control of the Woronstov Road.

Semyakin wrote home with news of the action at Balaclava, and what he considered a great success – " Many Turks and English were killed by our Russian bayonets, and many English were pierced with lances of our Uhlans and Cossacks, and by sabres of our Hussars … God grant that the heart of the Tsar rejoices.

The road between Balaclava and the camp had become a muddy quagmire, the few remaining horses of our cavalry were rapidly disappearing, every day the difficulty of getting up food and other necessaries from Balaclava was becoming more serious, and still no provision was being made for supplying an effective means of transport.

The Division which now consisted of the Guards Brigade and the Highland Brigade, was involved in the Battle of Alma ( September 20, 1854 ), which is considered to be the first battle of the Crimean war. They were next in action during the Battle of Balaclava, The battle started with a successful Russian attack on Ottoman positions.

This led to the Russians breaking through into the valley of Balaklava ( anglicised as " Balaclava "), where British forces were encamped.

The town became famous for the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War thanks to the suicidal Charge of the Light Brigade, a British cavalry charge due to a misunderstanding sent up a valley strongly held on three sides by the Russians, in which about 250 men were killed or wounded, and over 400 horses lost, effectively reducing the size of the mounted brigade by two thirds and destroying some of the finest light cavalry in the world to no military purpose.

I then said, and I quote from Hansard: ' there are many Wongs in the Chinese community, but I have to say — and I am sure that the honorable Member for Balaclava will not mind doing so — that " two Wongs do not make a White "'.

There are many Wongs in the Chinese community, but I have to say — and I am sure that the Honourable Member for Balaclava will not mind me doing so — that " two Wongs do not make a White ".

The Times correspondent, William H. Russell, wrote that he could see nothing between the charging Russians and the British regiment's base of operations at Balaclava but the " thin red streak tipped with a line of steel " of the 93rd.

Balaclava ( not officially have the status of a separate town, in fact, acts as a regional center )

His most notorious exploit took place during the Crimean War on 25 October 1854 when, in command of the Light Cavalry Brigade at the battle of Balaclava, he led the charge of the Light Brigade, reaching the Russian guns before returning, personally unscathed, in a manoeuvre that cost the lives of about 107 out of the 674 men under his command who took part in the charge ( although others may have died of wounds later on ).

By rights the French, who had claimed the honour of holding the right of the line, should have occupied Balaclava whilst the British should have moved west to the ports of Kazatch and Kamiesh.

There are many churches in Balaclava, with many of the modern places of worship serving the Jewish Faith, but many of the older buildings have at some point served various Christian religions.