The Great War with Russia
The Invasion of the Crimea; a Personal Retrospect of the Battles of the Alma, Balaclava, and Inkerman, and of the Winter of 1854-55
Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History Series

The 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 in the British military system. This account of his time there, first published in 1858 and expanded in this 1895 edition, explains how Russell was sent by The Times of London in 1854 to join British troops stationed in Malta. He spent the next two years witnessing some of the key moments of the war, including the battle of Balaclava and the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade. His newspaper reports of the fighting and of the living conditions for the troops were widely read and very influential. In this retrospective work, Russell gives a more personal narrative of his experiences, making this an important account of one the most brutal wars of the nineteenth century.

Preface; 1. Concerning myself; 2. Landing at Old Fort, Sept. 14, 1854; 3. The march to the Alma; 4. The Battle of the Alma; 5. After the battle; 6. Balaclava; 7. Inkerman; 8. After the storm; 9. The winter closes on us; 10. The camp of misery; 11. Winter sketches; 12. Final.