Josh Clark

And it's about 10 miles south of Sevastopol.

And like you said, that's where the headgear comes from or the name of it, because it actually doesn't just come from that town.

It comes from this actual battle that happened there.

So there's a road between Balaclava and Sevastopol.

And they are, because they're connected, both sides need that for supplies, right?

Yeah.

So it's a really strategically important road.

And before the Brits could try to take the road or secure it, the Russians decided to.

And they made a really risky move.

They took some of their troops who were battling, because by this time, the Brits and the French were now laying siege to Sevastopol.

And the Russians were fighting them off.

And the Russians took some of their troops and moved them around the siegers and put them squarely between the alliance forces sieging Sevastopol and the alliance forces at Balaclava on the road to try to take the road.

It was a risky move, but it was also what they had to do to kind of cut the Brits off, the sieging Brits off from supplies 10 miles south of Balaclava.

And no underwear.

Yeah, normally the Highlanders would form a square of four rows, right?

And you're able to defend your flank a lot easier.

There's less men exposed.

Instead, Campbell said, we're going to form two lines.

And they were like, this is mind-blowing.

So there were more men exposed, but they were able to shoot further across, right?