The History Of The War Against Russia Volume 6

Author : Edward Henry Nolan
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484120289
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The History of the War Against Russia, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Henry Nolan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of the War Against Russia, Vol. 6 We talk, and do nothing; 'tis shame for us all: so God sa' me, it is shame to stand still; it is shame, by my hand and there is throats to be cut, and works to be done; and there is nothing done I shakspere. Henry V. During the night of the 17th, and the early morning of the 18th, the bombardment was very heavy, but the cannonade was not re newed on the 18th with the energy of pre vions days. The French opened a warm can nonade, which they gradually slackened; the English relaxed theirs still more. The Rus sians seemed to regulate the strength of their fire by that of their Opponents, and during the latter portion of the day they molested the British very little, who principally occupied themselves repairing works and guns. Our artillerymen were quite worn out; and it was evident that without reinforcements to that arm Of the service, the energy of the bombardment in the English lines could not be maintained. The great wants of our army were proper reliefs of men, well-constructed weapons, and good tools to work with. A nation that is opposed on principle to a standing army, may easily and honourably account for its inability to meet the demand for men on the breaking out of a great war; but the arms and implements with which its troops are furnished ought to be honestly manufactured; and there should be at least intelligence enough in the civil and military departments at home to examine care fully all arms and tools sent out to the army in the field. In this particular, perhaps, no nation was ever so disgraced'as ours was during the years 1854-5. Neither the army nor navy was equipped as both should have been and the neglect and incompetence were treason to the country, and murder to the brave by whom that country was so nobly defended. During the remaining period Of the bombardment the British were put to great disadvantage by the bursting of shells before they reached their destination, and from a cause which in a lesser degree impeded success in the previous days of the bombardment, namely -the imperfection of the fusees; but many of the shells were found to have no fusees. In wet weather the Enfield rifles became alto gether useless, and the tools of the sappers often broke after a few hours' use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.