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A Crimean Winter of Discontent - The Crimean War Letters of William John Rous (Hardcover)
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A Crimean Winter of Discontent - The Crimean War Letters of William John Rous (Hardcover)
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As the snow fell on the face it froze, and my hair was matted with
ice, and icicles formed on my eyelashes. So intense was the cold
that whenever I was compelled in visiting the sentries or otherwise
to face the blast, my nose burst out bleeding, which with the
exposure exhausted one so much, that it was only the certainty of
never rising again that prevented me throwing myself down in the
snow.' This is just one of many lurid passages from the letters of
William John Rous, who arrived in the Crimea in December 1854 with
his regiment, the 90th (Perthshire) Regiment. Throughout the
following months Rous wrote a series of letters describing the
ordeal of life in the trenches before Sevastopol in graphic detail.
These letters have remained unpublished ever since. Now though Ian
Fletcher, one of the leading authorities on the Crimean War, has
edited and illustrated Rous's work for republication. The letters
were written during what was the most controversial period of the
Crimean War for the British army, for it was during this period
that the shortcomings in the army were cruelly exposed during a
bitter winter which saw more British soldiers die of cold, disease
and overwork than were killed through enemy action. Rous's words
bring home the terrible conditions in the trenches, the lack of
sleep, the endless overwork, the constant fear and threat of a
Russian sortie, not to mention the ever-present dangers posed by
the Russian guns inside the city. Rous's experience sheds new light
on one of the most famous but tragic campaigns ever fought by the
British army.
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