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Sir Frederick Charles Lascelles Wraxall (1828 1865) was a
historian, novelist and translator (from French and German) who
spent most of his short adult life in mainland Europe. Amongst his
many publications was the 1862 authorised translation of Victor
Hugo's Les Miserables. He served as assistant commissary at Kerch
in the Crimea in 1856 and afterwards maintained a strong interest
in military matters, on which he published several books. This
volume, first published in 1856, outlines the military capability
of thirteen European nations at the end of the Crimean War. Wraxall
uses German military intelligence documents to describe the
organisation and strength of the armies and navies of countries
including Britain, France, Russia, Turkey, Prussia, Austria and
Belgium. Containing detailed descriptions of the numbers of
infantry, cavalry, engineers, artillery, ships and crew for each
country, the book remains a valuable resource for military
historians interested in mid-nineteenth-century Europe.
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