Jared Maclean - Heights of Alma



According to Manny's book this song is one that celebrates the first victory in the Crimean war. The Crimean War (1853-1856) was fought between Russia and an alliance of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. The Battle of Alma (20 September 1854), usually considered the first battle of the Crimean War, took place just south of the River Alma in the Crimea. An Anglo-French force under Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud and Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan defeated General Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov's Russian army, which lost around 6,000 troops. This song was originally printed in Britain, probably short after the titular battle occurred (i.e., around 1854).

A version of the song appears in Louise Manny and James Reginald Wilson eds. Songs of Miramichi Brunswick Press Fredericton, N.B. pg. 247.

This song appears elsewhere in the Manny collection at (079-03).

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Recorded by Stan Cassidy - Phone 1528 - for Radio and Electrical Service - 415 King Street, Fredericton, N.B.

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