. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . diplomatists there assembled, and the statesmenof London, Paris, Turin, Berlin, St Petersburg,Vienna, and Constantinople continued to pourforth notes and dispatches affecting the probableor possible modes of solving the great Europeanproblem; but the 26th of April marked a decisivemoment in the progress of the diplomacy. Now,more than ever, did England and France becomeconvinced that Russia must suffer more by thesword before she would yield to the pen; andthey resolutely proceeded with their warlike pla
. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . diplomatists there assembled, and the statesmenof London, Paris, Turin, Berlin, St Petersburg,Vienna, and Constantinople continued to pourforth notes and dispatches affecting the probableor possible modes of solving the great Europeanproblem; but the 26th of April marked a decisivemoment in the progress of the diplomacy. Now,more than ever, did England and France becomeconvinced that Russia must suffer more by thesword before she would yield to the pen; andthey resolutely proceeded with their warlike plansin the Crimea and elsewhere. The strange revela-tions afterwards made concerning the details ofthe conferences, leading to the retirement of LordJohn Russell and M. Drouyn de Lhuys fromtheir respective governments, belong to a laterperiod in the diplomatic history. The immediateresult was simply this, that England, France, andSardinia proceeded with the war against Russiaas allies of Turkey ; while Austria and Prussiastill held aloof. CHAPTER X. PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN OF \M HE war with Russia was? %/»> carried on under remark-able circumstances, so faras concerned one at leastof the belligerent , after forty yearsof European peace, foundnearly all departments ofher army in a defective state : theorganisation confused; the expendi-ture too great in some particularsand too small in others; some depart-ments overworked or underhanded,• others a mere booty for favouritism;the encouragement of merit checked by themode of disposing of commissions ; and skill inthe art of warfare being deficient simply becausethere had been none with whom to fight. One ofthe staff-officers of Lord Raglans army, during thediscussions springing out of the Crimean Commis-sioners Report, made the following significantassertion :— The War-office regulations are notadapted to a state of war—an evidence of unfit-ness scarcely less glaring than would be that of alocomot
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