Sebastopol Trenches & Five Months in Them - Couverture rigide

Pack, Reynell

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847343015 ISBN 13 : 9781847343017

Editeur : Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Rew by major colin robins: it has been my personal crusade that the ・ ・real war・ ・ was not the spectaar battles, despite the incredible bravery there shown, but was fought in the trenches, in an eleven month slog, suffering from abysmal weather, poor rations, worn-out clothing, disease and a determined enemy.Pack travelled out in january 1855 with a * full of drafts for different regiments including an irish regiment which had left its ・ ・less reliable old soldiers・ ・ - a euphemism for the battalion・ ・s drunks - behind on initial embarkation but now needed them, sober or not, to * casualties.He describes the journey, and life in the trenches on arrival with an attention to detail which is unusual and all the more valuable.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

OjC PREFACE. The following narrative of Five Months Life in the Trenches before Sebastopol was written by the late Col. Keynell Pack, from notes taken by him at the time. Written with no attempt to imitate the practised skill of the historian, or to describe with the facile pen of the experienced newspaper correspondent, it is a soldiers plain narrative of a soldiers experience when engaged, for many weeks, in the active duties of camp and trench life besieging the chief seaport of the enemy. This volume would have appeared immediately after the Crimean campaign, but as it contains strong comments on the capacity and qualifications of certain oflficers, its publication was deferred till a fitting time arrived for its issue.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Naval & Military Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847343015
• ISBN 13: 9781847343017
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible