The Crimean War by Figes Orlando

Author:Figes, Orlando [Figes, Orlando]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Military History, Non fiction
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2011-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

I am sorry to say that the men that was out before I came have not had so much as a clean shirt on for 2 Mounths the people at home think that the troops out hear are well provided for I am sorry to say that they are treated worse then dogs are at home I can tell the inhabitants of old England that if the solders that are out hear could but get home again they would not get them out so easy it is not the fear of fighting it is the worse treatment that we receive.

Others wrote to the newspapers to expose the army’s poor treatment. Colonel George Bell of the 1st (Royal) Regiment drafted a letter to The Times on 28 November:

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