The War: From the Death of Lord Raglan to the Evacuation of the Crimea
The War: From the Death of Lord Raglan to the Evacuation of the Crimea
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GBPWilliam Howard Russell (1820–1907) is today credited with having shaped the image and role of the modern war correspondent. His dispatches for The Times during the Crimean War were so influential that they led to military reforms and the fall of the Aberdeen Government. Moreover, his unflinching accounts of the appalling and insanitary conditions endured by ill-provisioned troops helped inspire the work of Florence Nightingale. He was not afraid to highlight poor leadership and planning, and was quick to praise the heroism of the 'common' soldier. Wearing military-style clothes, he obtained his information through his easy relationships with junior officers, helped by his fondness for brandy and cigars. This volume, published in 1856, includes his last Crimean dispatches, concluding with poignant descriptions of visits by the soldiers to the battlefields to erect memorials to their fallen comrades.
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August 2013Paperback
9781108051941
500 pages
216 × 140 × 28 mm
0.63kg
1 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 1. Ominous changes
- 2. The conquest of the line of the Tchernaya
- 3. The Battle of the Tchernaya
- 4. The lull before the storm
- 5. The final bombardment
- 6. Capture of the Malakhoff and attack on the Redan
- 7. Day of the assault
- 8. Capture of Sebastopol
- 9. The interior of Sebastopol
- 10. First fruits of victory
- 11. Comfortable quarters
- 12. Opportunities neglected
- 13. Signs of a move
- 14. Preparations for an expedition
- 15. Off Odessa
- 16. The capture of Kinburn
- 17. The Bug and the Dneiper
- 18. Sebastopol once more
- 19. A catastrophe
- 20. Relaxation
- 21. Camp employments
- 22. Destruction of the docks
- 23. The armistice in the Crimea
- 24. Peace once more in the Crimea
- 25. Our graves in the Crimea, and the Alma revisited.
