The War: From the Death of Lord Raglan to the Evacuation of the Crimea

Published in 1856, this is the second volume of dispatches from the Crimea by the journalist credited as the first war correspondent.

William Howard Russell (Author)

9781108051941, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 August 2013

500 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg

William 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.

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.

Subject Areas: Military history [HBW]