The Invasion of the Crimea
Subtitle: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan. Volume 3
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: April 12, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 566
ISBN-13: 9781402173578
Subjects: Europe,Russia,history,invasion,Crimea; History / Europe / General
First sentence: WHEN the fighting on the banks of the Alma had ceased along the whole line, more than one of the English generals prayed hard that their troops might be suffered to come down and bivouac near the bank of the stream, for the labour already undergone by the men had been so great, that it was painful to have them distressed by the toil of going a long way for water, and fetching it up to the heights.