The Songs Of Olde England, Great Britain, And Modern America

Currently Playing: "Battle of Alma" - British Patriotic Song

"The Battle of Alma" was written by Corporal John Brown of the Grenadier Guards in Crimea, 1854, sung to the popular tune of the "British Grenadiers". It commemorates the Allied victory at Alma, the first battle of the Crimean War. Recording from "A Most Desperate Undertaking" Documentary on the Crimean War, 2003.