Author: William Howard Russell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-16

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 9780266392026

Excerpt from The War: From the Death of Lord Raglan to the Evacuation of the Crimea Changes caused by the death of Lord Raglan - Fresh appointments Condition of the rival armies - False move on the part of the English The attack on the Malakhofi' left to the French - Mistakes - Incapacity of General Simpson - Preparations for the assault - Omar Pasha's pro posal - The author at Therapia - Sick and wounded officers - The attack on the Redan criticised - Prospect of another winter in the trenches Cholera - Recapitulation - Position of the contending forces. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.