2. CRIMEAN WAR About the crimean war The Crimean war broke out in October 1853 through to1856 The crimean war broke out with Imperial Russia on one side and an alliance including Britain and France on the other. The poem takes as its subject the Battle of Balaclava, one of the many battles of the war.
3. Mary seacole Mary Seacolewas born in kingston, Jamaica 1805 Her father was a Scottish soldier and her mother a Jamaican