. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . :rr HE Russian War of 1853-6 differed from all preceding wars in thisamong other characteristics—that it admitted, to a very remarkable|V ! degree, of historical narration during the progress of the eventsthemselves. This facility was due to a combination of favourablecircumstances. More numerously than at any former period wereofficial documents made public by the British government, and papersrelating to passing occurrences printed at the request of fully than ever before was light thro
. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . :rr HE Russian War of 1853-6 differed from all preceding wars in thisamong other characteristics—that it admitted, to a very remarkable|V ! degree, of historical narration during the progress of the eventsthemselves. This facility was due to a combination of favourablecircumstances. More numerously than at any former period wereofficial documents made public by the British government, and papersrelating to passing occurrences printed at the request of fully than ever before was light thrown upon the conduct ofthose intrusted with the management of the War—whether political,j£sf| military, or naval—by the Reports of Royal Commissions and Parliamentary» A Committees. It is worthy of note, too, that the parliamentary debates revealedto a greater extent than usual the inner workings of government departments, inthe explanations given by Cabinet Ministers consequent on the collisions ofparties and the rupture of ministries. Again, the periodical press displayed an a
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