November 5 in Victorian History
What the Victorians were up to on this date, year by remarkable year.
1854
The Battle of Inkerman
In thick fog above Sebastopol, British and French troops fight off a surprise Russian attack in brutal hand-to-hand combat. The soldier's battle -- won by the infantry with bayonet and butt. Another 2,500 British casualties for the Crimea's butcher's bill.