Every attempt has been made to replicate the original as printed. No attempt has been made to correct or normalize thespelling of non-English words. Some typographical errors have been corrected;a list follows the text. Some illustrationshave been moved from mid-paragraph for ease of reading. In certain versions of this etext, in certain browsers,clicking on this symbol (etext transcriber's note) |
will bring up a larger version of the image.
THE
B R I T I S H E X P E D I T I O N
TO THE
C R I M E A
BY
WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL, LL.D.
NEW AND REVISED EDITION
WITH MAPS AND PLANS
LONDON
G E O R G E R O U T L E D G E A N D S O N S
THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE
NEW YORK: 416, BROOME STREET
1877
THE INDIAN MUTINY.
In crown 8vo, cloth, price 7s. 6d.
MY DIARY IN INDIA,
In the Year 1858-9.
BY
WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL, LL.D.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF "THE TIMES."
NOTICE TO THE READER.
EDITION OF 1858.
THE interest excited by the events of the Campaign in the Crimea has notdied away. Many years, indeed, must elapse ere the recital of thedetails of that great struggle, its glories, and its disasters, cease torevive the emotions of joy or grief with which a contemporary generationregarded the sublime efforts of their countrymen. As records on whichthe future history of the war must be founded, none can be more valuablethan letters written from the scene, read by the light documents, suchas those which will shortly be made public, can throw upon them.[1]There may be misconception respecting the nature of the motives by whichstatesmen and leaders of armies are governed, but there can be nomistake as to what they do; and, although one cannot always ascertainthe reasons which determine their outward conduct, their acts arerecorded in historical memoranda not to be disputed or denied. For thefirst time in modern days the commanders of armies have been compelledto give to the world an exposition of the considerations by which theywere actuated during a war, in which much of the sufferings of ourtroops was imputed to their ignorance, mismanagement, and apathy. Theywere not obliged to adopt that course by the orders of their superiors,but by the pressure of public opinion; and that pressure became so greatthat each, as he felt himself subjected to its influence, endeavoured toescape from it by throwing the blame on the shoulders of hisco