Passages On The Crimean War Richard Barnham by Richard Barnham B016LR2MR4 instant download after payment.

In 1854, a quarter of a million British
soldiers headed east to fight in the Crimean War. Together with their French
and Turkish allies, the goal was to free the important port city of Sevastopol
from the clutches of Russia, thus keeping them from the seizing control of the
Red Sea and thence Mediterranean. This they did, but not without considerable
hardship, suffering and loss of life - over twenty-one thousand British men
fell to enemy fire, accidents and disease.

Many first-hand accounts of this war were
penned by British officers, but there few were written by the common soldiers,
as most were illiterate. As such, this account by Private Richard Barnham
offers a rare insight into the daily lives of the soldiers serving in the
Crimea. The passages he recorded during the war are not always an easy read, as
they detail many of the hardships of campaign life, the devastation of the
cholera outbreak (which killed almost twice the number of those who died in
battle) and the horrors of the military engagements. But Richard also gives
great insight into the richness of the Crimean countryside and its people,
together with the camaraderie of the soldiers themselves.