The Invasion of the Crimea
Subtitle: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan. Volume 7
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: April 12, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9781402173530
Subjects: Europe,Russia,history,invasion,Crimea,Inkerman; History / Europe / General
First sentence: BY following the course they approved on the morrow of 'Inkerman,' the Allies did more than make waste of that onward momentum which victory is wont to confer; for they even, as we saw, gave their adversary the priceless respite he needed for his Flagstaff Bastion; and not judging the Sebastopol front to be anywhere else in a state that could warrant assault, they now found their armies committed to what-unless roughly cut short by recurrence to bold resolves, or by some grave disaster befalling them-seemed destined to prove a long siege.