{"product_id":"general-todlebens-history-of-the-defence-of-sebastopol-1854-5-a-review-paperback-9781108044684","title":"General Todleben's History of the Defence of Sebastopol, 1854–5; A Review (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044684","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGeneral Todleben's History of the Defence of Sebastopol, 1854–5\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRussell's thorough 1865 review of the Russian military engineer Todleben's work emphasises its importance to historians of the Crimean War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Howard Russell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108044684, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 March 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe journalist William Howard Russell (1820–1907) is sometimes regarded as being the first war correspondent, and his reports from the conflict in the Crimea are also credited with being a cause of reforms made to the British military system. This 1865 book began as a review in The Times of the five-volume work of General Eduard Todleben (or Totleben), the military engineer and Russian Army General, whose work in creating and continually adapting the land defences of Sevastopol in 1854–5 made him a hero and enabled the fortress to hold out against British bombardment for a whole year. Russell added extracts from the original book to his review, and enlarged his commentary on the Russian text, producing a thorough and accurate synthesis, but always highlighting the central importance of the Russian work to any student of the history of the Sevastopol siege.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Our first victories\u003cbr\u003e 2. The early and late histories\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Russian history\u003cbr\u003e 4. The march of Russia\u003cbr\u003e 5. The ascent of the Czars\u003cbr\u003e 6. Menschikoff's mission\u003cbr\u003e 7. Declaration of war\u003cbr\u003e 8. Siege of Silistria\u003cbr\u003e 9. Defenceless Russia\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Russian armies\u003cbr\u003e 11. The forces of the Allies\u003cbr\u003e 12. The condition of Sebastopol\u003cbr\u003e 13. The state of Sebastopol\u003cbr\u003e 14. Menschikoff surprised\u003cbr\u003e 15. Selection of the Alma\u003cbr\u003e 16. The choice of landing-places\u003cbr\u003e 17. The night before the battle\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Russian position\u003cbr\u003e 19. The English order of battle\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Russian left engaged\u003cbr\u003e 21. Canrobert and Bosquet\u003cbr\u003e 22. The English begin to move\u003cbr\u003e 23. A check to the French\u003cbr\u003e 24. The English on the right\u003cbr\u003e 25. The English fire\u003cbr\u003e 26. The capture of the Epaulement\u003cbr\u003e 27. The second attack on the Epaulement\u003cbr\u003e 28. Retreat of the Wladimir Regiment\u003cbr\u003e 29. The retreat of the Russians\u003cbr\u003e 30. Russian reasons for their defeat\u003cbr\u003e 31. Causes of the defeat\u003cbr\u003e 32. Delay after victory\u003cbr\u003e 33. Condition of Sebastopol\u003cbr\u003e 34. The works of Sebastopol\u003cbr\u003e 35. Menschikoff's flank march\u003cbr\u003e 36. The sinking of the fleet\u003cbr\u003e 37. The Allies on the Belbeck\u003cbr\u003e 38. State of the North Fort\u003cbr\u003e 39. The flank march\u003cbr\u003e 40. Manschikoff's flank march\u003cbr\u003e 41. Sir John Burgoyne's vindications\u003cbr\u003e 42. Sir John Burgoyne's remarks\u003cbr\u003e 43. Sir John Burgoyne's policy\u003cbr\u003e 44. An advance northward\u003cbr\u003e 45. Surrender of Balaklava\u003cbr\u003e 46. State of the north side\u003cbr\u003e 47. Preparations to resist\u003cbr\u003e 48. Reinforcements for Sebastopol\u003cbr\u003e 49. Korniloff's influence\u003cbr\u003e 50. The first trench opened\u003cbr\u003e 51. The new works\u003cbr\u003e 52. Opposite the English\u003cbr\u003e 53. The English works\u003cbr\u003e 54. Reasons for and against an assault\u003cbr\u003e 55. The first day's fire\u003cbr\u003e 56. The Russians recover spirits\u003cbr\u003e 57. The French again succumb\u003cbr\u003e 58. The economy of Matériel\u003cbr\u003e 59. The actions before Balaklava\u003cbr\u003e 60. Rout of the Turks\u003cbr\u003e 61. The first Russian advance\u003cbr\u003e 62. The light cavalry\u003cbr\u003e 63. The French chasseurs\u003cbr\u003e 64. The results of the action\u003cbr\u003e 65. The effect at Sebastopol\u003cbr\u003e 66. 'Little Inkerman'\u003cbr\u003e 67. General Sir De Lacy Evans' despatch\u003cbr\u003e 68. The French batteries\u003cbr\u003e 69. Peril of the flagstaff bastion\u003cbr\u003e 70. Probable issue of an assault\u003cbr\u003e 71. The opposing forces\u003cbr\u003e 72. The allied strength and position\u003cbr\u003e 73. The nature of the ground\u003cbr\u003e 74. Dispositions for Inkerman\u003cbr\u003e 75. Soïmonoff's advance\u003cbr\u003e 76. Attack the camp\u003cbr\u003e 77. Attack Adams's Brigade\u003cbr\u003e 78. The precision of the British fire\u003cbr\u003e 79. Retreat of the 17th Division\u003cbr\u003e 80. The relative numbers\u003cbr\u003e 81. Dannenberg's advance\u003cbr\u003e 82. The Guards rally\u003cbr\u003e 83. Cathcart's disaster\u003cbr\u003e 84. The artillery conflict\u003cbr\u003e 85. The French are summoned\u003cbr\u003e 86. The Russians defeated\u003cbr\u003e 87. The pursuit\u003cbr\u003e 88. Escape of the Russian artillery\u003cbr\u003e 89. The losses\u003cbr\u003e 90. The superiority of English fire-arms\u003cbr\u003e 91. Close of the first period of the siege\u003cbr\u003e 92. The Redan and the British\u003cbr\u003e 93. Moral effect of Inkerman\u003cbr\u003e 94. The great storm\u003cbr\u003e 95. Russian philanthropists\u003cbr\u003e 96. Good Samaritans\u003cbr\u003e 97. The winter begins\u003cbr\u003e 98. British insouciance\u003cbr\u003e 99. The rifle pits\u003cbr\u003e 100. Increase of lodgements\u003cbr\u003e 101. Comparison between French and English\u003cbr\u003e 102. Information to the enemy\u003cbr\u003e 103. The Russian commissariat\u003cbr\u003e 104. The chaos of Balaklava\u003cbr\u003e 105. Russian supplies\u003cbr\u003e 106. Russian transport\u003cbr\u003e 107. Cost of the war\u003cbr\u003e 108. The war of mines\u003cbr\u003e 109. The French take our light attack\u003cbr\u003e 110. Fears for Perekop\u003cbr\u003e 111. Attack on Eupatoria\u003cbr\u003e 112. Todleben's opinion of our troops\u003cbr\u003e 113. The result of delay\u003cbr\u003e 114. Want of forethought\u003cbr\u003e 115.  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