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THE CRIMEAN EXPEDITION, TO THE CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL:

CHRONICLES OF THE WAR IN THE EAST, FROM ITS COMMENCEMENT TO THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF PEACE

BY

THE BARON DE BAZANCOURT,

CHARGED WITH A MISSION TO THE CRIMEA BY

HIS EXCELLENCY

THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

VOL. I

TRANSLATED BY ROBERT HOWE GOULD, M.A.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHORS DEDICATION.

TO HIS MAJESTY

THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.

SIRE,

To dedicate this book to Your Majesty, is to dedicate it to France, to dedicate it to the army; and the Emperor, in deigning to accept the Dedication, has accorded to the Author the noblest recompense

that his ambition could desire.

I am, with respect,

SIRE,

Your Imperial Majestys

Most humble and most obedient Servant and Subject, BARON DE BAZANCOURT.

TRANSLATORS PREFACE.

THE subject of the present work, its semi-official character, and the high sanction under which it is, avowedly, written, render its translation into English a task of no slight responsibility, and constitute my apology for preceding such translation with some remarks, which seem to me not inappropriate or unnecessary.

In the first place, it is most essential to impress upon the reader, the fact that the original of this work was written not merely in French, but for the French;that it neither intends nor professes to do anything else than give a detailed statement of the French share in the war, and the French view of the whole subject. The Author specially announces this in his preface,and the Minister of War refers to the work, in anticipation, as strictly national ( toute nationale ) . It presents to us just that portion of the history of the Expedition with which we could attain but little acquaintance from other sources; and tells not only what the Army of our Allies saw, and suffered, and achieved, but gives their own estimate of all this, at the same time that it unfolds to us the plans and expectations which they formed; the opinions of their Generals as to the various operations and incidents of the war; and the measures from time to time adopted by the Allied Commanders.

On the other hand, we obtain the French view of the purely English portion of the Expedition;of the management of our army,the tactics of its leaders,its endurance in the camp and its achievements in the field.

This, however, is touched upon with comparative brevity, and only as incidental to, and forming necessarily an essential part of, the more direct narrative of the operations of the French army.

But it is curious, as showing the views entertained by such capable critics as our Allies, of our system of campaigning, our military organization, and, especially, of our conduct of this war.

The work does not aspire to the didactic tone, or judicial and retrospective character, of deliberate history; but offers only a contemporaneous record,a daily chronicle,of the events of the war; noted down in their order of occurrence, and taken partly from the Authors personal observation,partly from the verbal testimony of actors in the events recorded,and partly from the despatches and correspondence of the French Commanders-in-Chief.

Some occurrences, which have challenged censure even from ourselves, are unavoidably mentioned; but it is in a forbearing spirit,nor are they dwelt upon farther than truth and candour compel;while, on the other hand, when opportunity offers to record those deeds which do credit to our arms, it is eagerly and cordially made available; and nothing can surpass the frankness and heartiness, with which the Author bears testimony, in instances innumerable, to the indomitable courage, the unwearied endurance, and the indefatigable perseverance of our gallant troops.

And it must be remarked, that all his statements of fact are attested by direct reference to the sources (almost invariably official) whence they are drawn; so that, although his comments are only expressions of individual opinion, the facts upon which they are based are authenticated, with all the weight which can be derived from official documents, and by that right of seeking information from the highest and most direct sources, which the Authors employment by his Government had conferred upon him. It is unquestionable, moreover, that his opinions are, in reality, also those of the persons from whom he derived the materials for the details of his narrative; and that, thus, although not official, they embody the views, adopted on the scene of action itself, by the officers and army of our allies.

It is important to remember, that M. de Bazancourt had no access, on the English side, to those sources of information which were opened to him by the officers of his own nation, and from which alone could such a narrative be well or truly framed; and, therefore, that he not only was precluded, by the scope and purpose of his work, from attempting any detailed narrative of the English share in the expedition, but that, in the absence of such means of information as are above referred to, even the attempt to give more than a general outline of the operations of our army, would have been, in a high degree, inappropriate and presumptuous.

As a record, therefore, of what was done and witnessed by our brave Allies,a record drawn from the most precise and authentic sources,the work is curious and interesting; and surely not less so, as a criticism,although only a cursory one,passed, as it were, by another nation, upon the career of our own army and our conduct of the war.

A few words as to the translation:

Only those who have made the experiment, can appreciate the always delicate, and often thankless task, of transferring the thoughts or statements of another into a language different from that in which they have been originally expressed.

This reheating of the bronze,this making a fresh cast of the statue,will rarely, indeed, fail to be accompanied by some deterioration; rarely, indeed, will the copy fail to lose, in the transfusion, something of both the definiteness and the grace of outline of the actual creation.

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