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The Thin Red Line described an episode of the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War. [3] In the incident, around 500 men of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders led by Sir Colin Campbell, aided by a small force of 100 walking wounded, 40 detached Guardsmen, and supported by a substantial force of Turkish infantrymen, formed a line of fire against the Russian cavalry.
The Thin Red Line is a 1998 American epic war film written and directed by Terrence Malick. ... The battle scenes themselves are masterful, in creating a sense of the ...
Robert Gibb, The Thin Red Line, 1881, National War Museum, Edinburgh First stage of the Battle of Balaklava.Ryzhov's cavalry attacked over the Causeway Heights (with its line of redoubts marked "1" to "6") at approximately 09:15, and were met by the Sutherland Highlanders at the hill north of Kadikoi (marked "B").
The Ottoman forces initially resisted the Russian assaults, but lacking support they were eventually forced to retreat. When the redoubts fell, the Russian cavalry moved to engage the second defensive line in the South Valley, held by the Ottoman and the British 93rd Highland Regiment in what came to be known as the "Thin Red Line".
The Thin Red Line, an 1881 painting of the Battle of Balaclava by Robert Gibb; The Thin Red Line, a 1962 novel by James Jones The Thin Red Line, a film by Andrew Marton based on Jones's novel; The Thin Red Line, a film by Terrence Malick based on Jones's novel The Thin Red Line, a soundtrack album from the 1998 film; The Thin Red Line, a 1986 ...
The Thin Red Line is a 1964 American war film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Keir Dullea, Jack Warden, James Philbrook, and Kieron Moore.Based on James Jones's 1962 novel of the same name, the film follows the lives of a number of American soldiers during the battle of Guadalcanal.
An early photo, taken at Scutari, of officers and men of the 93rd Highland Regiment, shortly before their engagement in the Crimean War, 1854. 1881 painting The Thin Red Line by Robert Gibb, depicting the 93rd Highlanders during the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854.
The Boulevard de Sébastopol, a major artery in Paris, was named for the victory in the 1850s, while the Battle of Balaklava was made famous by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and Robert Gibb's painting The Thin Red Line. A panorama of the siege itself was painted by Franz Roubaud.