The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-17
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of this incident was not applied either in affection or in admiration of his abil- tiles as a war correspondent.
 Russell was educated at the Rev. Dr. Georhegan's school in Dublin and later went to Trinity college in the same city. He was engaged to describe the mass meeting held by Daniel O'Connell in his agitation for the repeal of the Union and not long afterward took an engagement on the staff of the Times, for which he had dofle this work He occupied him self in London as well with the study of law and was called to the bar in 1850.
 It was in that year that he visited Schleswig- -Holsten and saw the battle of lasted. He sent back a description of this battle that established his ability In the description of military encounters. so that 1t was not a matter of surprise when war was declared with Russia that he was sent with the first English expe- dition to the east. He saw the hardest of the fighting in the Crimean cam paiSn, including the battles of the Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Kertch and the seize of Sebatopol. In 1856 he was at the evacuation of the Cheronese by the Allied Forces and then returned home.
 The letters that he sent home about the sufferings of the army and the pri- vations that the soldiers were exposed to excited such indignation that the min
 
 Into office pledged to take better care of the soldiers.
 His next campaign was in India. Dur ing the campaign for the suppression of the mutiny he was present at the taking of Lucknow and in the marches into Oudh and Rohlkund. He returned to Eng land in 1858, and then established the Army and Navy Gazette. which he edited during the rest of his life. He was with the French army in Italy during the short Magenta campaign and then he came to the United States.
 He remained at home after his return to England until the outbreak of the war between Prussia and Austria in 1868. He was at the battle of Koniggrats. It was in 1867 that his first wife, who was Mary Burrowes, a Dublin girl. died They were married in 1S46.
 For several years thereafter he spent his time in travelling, but in 1870, when was was declared by Napoleon II1., against the King of Prussia and his al- lies, he joined the German forces at Worth. He was with the army of the Crown Prince at Sedan and at the capit- ulation of Paris
 In 1875 he was named honorary private secretary to the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his visit to India. He went out with Lord Wolseley to South Africa for the Zulu campaign in 1S79-S0 and
  campaign in 1884 was the end of his &C., tive war correspondence. he being then a man of 4 years of age.
 He married in 1884 the Countess An- toinette Malvezzi. He was created knight in 1895. He was a commander of the Legion of Honor. had the Turkish war medal of 1S54-56, the Indian war med al, 1S57-5S, the South African war medal of 1879 and orders which included the Os- nanich, the Medjidoh, the St. Sanveur of Greece, Chevalier of Franz Josef and the Redeemer of Greece.
 He published many books, among others, Letters from the Crimea." ''The British Expedition to the Crimea," My Diary North and South" in 1862 after he re- turned to England from the United States: Canada, Its Defenses," Rifle Clubs and Volunteer Corps" '"rhe Adventures of Dr. Brady" My Diary in the East with the Prince of Wales" and "Hesperothen. or Notes from the West"