At which battle in the Crimean War was the phrase The Thin Red Line first mentioned?
The Thin Red Line (painting) The Thin Red Line (painting) The Thin Red Line is an 1881 oil-on-canvas painting by Robert Gibb depicting the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War. In an incident which became known as "The Thin Red Line", a two-deep line of around 500 red-coated Scottish infantry from the Highland Brigade – with support from around 1,000 Royal Marines and Turkish infantry along with six guns of field artillery – stood firm against a force of around 2,500 Russian cavalrymen. The incident was a small one, in the context
The Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava) thin red line", the phrase became a symbol of British composure in battle. The battle is represented in Robert Gibb's 1881 oil painting "The Thin Red Line", which is displayed in the Scottish National War Museum in Edinburgh Castle. It is also commemorated in the assembly hall of Campbell's former school, High School of Glasgow, where there is a painting of the action hung in the grand position, a tribute to one of the school's two generals, the other being Sir John Moore who was dismembered by a cannonball during the Peninsular War. "The Thin Red Line" has become an