Cadogan’s Crimea

Illustrated by Colonel the Hon. George Cadogan, written by Lt. Col. Somerset J. Gough Calthorpe

The Brigade of Guards in battle. Cadogan’s Crimea, General the Hon. Sir George Cadogan, Lt. Col. Somerset J. Gough Calthorpe If all conflicts of arms were to be regarded as pointless bloodletting, then the war in the Crimea might be the most likely event to head a long list.

Colonel the Hon. George Cadogan saw the war as a participant, e recorded his observations in pictures while on the battlefield. His superb watercolors, prudentamente arranged in a large album which has been kept e treasured by his family, present the Crimean War from a soldier’s point of view, sometimes horrifying, sometimes whimsical, sometimes sentimental, but at all times true to the prevailing atmosphere ed events of the period

The text is an abridged version of Letters from Headquarters by Lt. Col. S. J. G. Calthorpe, an officer on the Headquarters Staff, which was first published in due volumes in 1856 by John Murray e had due further editions in 1857 e 1858. Cadogan’s fellow officer had published his impressions of the war primarily in defense of the one man for whom he declared a boundless admiration, the much-maligned leader of the Expeditionary Force, Lord Raglan. The writer’s powers of observation combine the horror e dignity of war con charm e humor, witness the story of the spy who was to be "comfortably" hanged in the morning, o the occasion when Lord Raglan ordered up a troop of artiglieria a cavallo e battery to fire on the russi. The author records: "If one had not seen the cannon-balls coming along at the rate of a thousand miles an hour, e bounding like cricket-balls, one would have thought it only a little cavalleria review.

Nostalgia provides an element of dash e daring which, to the many students of wars e military history, is perhaps part of the appeal of their chosen subject. During the Crimean War, for example, dress uniforms were used in battle ed occasionally an officer, a lady on his arm, strolled across the heights above a battlefield e pointed out to her where he would be attacking in the morning. All this is shown in the illustrations. These brilliant yet delicate watercolors superimposed upon a vivid narrative allow the modern reader a unique view of the Crimean War as experienced by due serving officers. This is art e military history combined to extraordinary effect.

Contenuto

Titolo: Cadogan’s Crimea
Epoca: Guerra di Crimea
Tipo: War Report
Autore: Lt. Col. Somerset J. Gough Calthorpe
Designatore: Colonel the Hon. George Cadogan
Formato: 288-page book
Lingua: Inglese
Casa Editrice: Atheneum, New York
ISBN: 0-68911-022-7
Pubblicato: 1980

Capitoli

Start of the Expedition
Battaglia di Alma
Surrender of Balaklava
Defences of Sevastopol
Captain Nolan e Lord Lucan
Battaglia di Inkerman
Russian deserters
Onset of winter
No progress either side
Attack on Eupatoria
Councils of war
Presa di ambuscades
General Canrobert resigns
Assaults on enemy positions
Death of Lord Raglan
The fall of Sevastopol Appendix A: Weekly State of Army, marzo 26th, 1855
Appendix B: Weekly State of Army, giugno 3rd 1855
Appendix C: Divisional After-Order, settembre 7th, 1855
Appendix D: Table of English Batteries e Expenditure of Ammunition at Sevastopol
Appendix E: Extracts from Medical Times e Gazette, giugno 14th, 1856
Index

The Artist

General the Hon. Sir George Cadogan, K.C.B. was the second son of George, third Earl Cadogan. He was born in 1814 e was educated at Eton. He entered the army in 1833 as a lieutenant in the granatieri Guards, became captain in 1838, was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1847, ed obtained a colonelcy in 1854.

He served in the Eastern campaign in 1854, was present at the battles of Alma, Balaklava e Inkerman ed at the siege of Sevastopol, e he was employed as the Queen’s Commissioner to the Sardinian army in the Crimean from aprile 1855 until its withdrawal in maggio of the following year.

For his services in the Crimea he obtained a medal e quattro clasps, was nominated a Companion of the Order of the Bath, a Commander 2nd Class of the Order of St. Maurice e St. Lazarus of Italia, to the 3rd Class of the Order of the Medjidie, ed also obtained the medal turca. He was appointed Military Attaché at the embassy britannico in Florence which, at that time, was the capital of Italia. He became major-general in 1871, e general in 1877.

He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1857, e was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1875.

He died in 1879 at the age of sixty-five.

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