The Invasion of the Crimea Volume 5; Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ... Chap, means of augmenting it, Lord Raglan could not IV' help apprehending that Balaclava might be powerand of Lord fully attacked; and, down to the 3d of November, er'tloiL for he was going on with his exertions to provide for the defence of the place, without even at the last feeling confident that his object had been wholly secured. The enemy's The movement of the 2d of November was. purpose, however, a feint intended to divert attention from counsels fast ripening into action. Whether menacing Balaclava, or gathering on the Old City Heights, or still marching up day by day with more and more troops from the north, all the enemy's movememts now were conducing to one design. 'I will not conceal from your Grace that I should be more 'satisfied if I could have occupied the position in considerably 'greater strength.'--Despatch to the Secretary of War, 3d November 1854. Lord Eaglan's determination to make this communication official (instead of putting the words into a private letter) was, I think, significant. APPENDIX. NOTE I. Respecting The Period When Colonel Daeby Griffith, The Officer Commanding The Greys, Received The Wound Which Disabled Him. At the time of publishing my narrative of the battle of Balaclava in 1868, I shared the very general error of supposing that Colonel, now General, Darby Griffith had received his wound in the first moments of the famous Heavy Cavalry charge. In this, and also in one other of the previous Editions, my error has been corrected, and it is now made clear that the Colonel charged into the Eussian column at the head of-his regiment--the Greys--and continued to take part in the combat down to the much later moments o? what I have called 'the back eddy, ' where he was struck by a pistol or carbine shot, and--for some ti...