Length7h 54m
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Excerpt: "There is a glamour and romance about war that appeals to the heart of every young man worthy of the name in these islands. This is as it should be. We are a nation of sailors, it is true, but many a blood-red field can bear witness that we are soldiers also, when we have the right man to lead us. A weapon, however, that is left too long in its scabbard is apt to rust therein. This was the state in which we found the British sword when the fiery cross was sent round in 1853. We had not been at war for forty years before this, and even many of our generals had forgotten all about the art. Hence the terrible muddle and mismanagement witnessed in the Crimea. Our poor fellows were positively sent off as empty-handed as if going to a grand parade or soldiers' picnic, and indeed but for individual courage, and good luck, the invasion would have ended in national disaster and disgrace, for us as well as for our brave allies the French. I have no desire to dispel the romance that surrounds as with a halo the noble and necessary art of war. But I think every young fellow should know that to be a real soldier it is necessary for him to be not only a fighting man and a brave man in the field, but a perfect camp's-man also; and he can never learn to be so in barracks, but on the tented field, in times of peace. It is for this reason that the sailor, if I may be allowed to say a word in favour of the service to which I belong, makes the best soldier. Captain Peel's brigade proved this in the trenches. In the second book of this story, the youthful reader will find fighting and bloodshed enough, and horrors too. But the tale is all true, sadly, terribly true. Hear what Sir Evelyn Wood says: "It may be asked, Why recall these dismal stories? Because ...... to the present generation our hideous sacrifice of soldiers in the Crimea is but little more known than the sufferings of our troops at Walcheren and in the Peninsula. I believe in the advantage of telling those who elect parliamentary representatives what has happened and what may happen again, unless a high standard of administrative efficiency is maintained. This cannot be attained unless the necessary departments are practised in their duties during peace.""
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Fantasy
Length7 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 30, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
16Book Second.
2Book First.
17CHAPTER I. "BLOW, GOOD WIND, AND WAFT US EAST."
3CHAPTER I. WEE JOHNNIE GREYBREEKS.
18CHAPTER II. A GHASTLY ADVENTURE—THE EMBARKATION—A STORMY LANDING.
4CHAPTER II LIFE IN SUMMER LOANING.
19CHAPTER III. A FIELD OF HEROES—"ON, LADS, ON!"—BRAVE CODRINGTON—PANIC AND TERROR.
5CHAPTER III. MRS. MALONY'S WEDDING-RING.
20CHAPTER IV. THE KILTED WARRIORS OF THE NORTH—THE TERRIBLE STRUGGLE FOR KOURGANÉ HILL—THE IMPETUOUS 93RD—VICTORY!
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6CHAPTER IV. "I'LL BE A SAILOR OR A SOLDIER."
21CHAPTER V. A WALK ACROSS THE BATTLE-FIELD—GHASTLY SIGHTS—BRAVE SURGEON THOMPSON OF THE 44TH—JACK'S STRANGE ADVENTURE.
7CHAPTER V. "HULLO, JOHNNIE GREYBREEKS! I'M YOUR UNCLE."
22CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST GREAT BOMBARDMENT—SHIPS VERSUS FORTS—POOR BOY HARRIS—"TELL 'EM I DIED LIKE A THOUSAND O' BRICKS."
8CHAPTER VI. "THE OLD LADY HAD A WOMAN'S HEART AFTER ALL."
23CHAPTER VII. THE VICTORIOUS CHARGE OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE—THE SCOTCH WIFE AND THE TURKS—THE LIGHT BRIGADE, AND THEIR AWFUL CHARGE.
9CHAPTER VII. "HARD A-PORT!"
24CHAPTER VIII. THE TRUTH FROM A RUSSIAN—PARABLE OF THE STOAT AND THE WILD CAT—DAY-DAWN OF THE MEMORABLE FIFTH.
10CHAPTER VIII. JACK'S SEA-DADDY.
25CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE OF INKERMANN—THE SOLDIERS OWN.
11CHAPTER IX. IN THE GOOD OLD "GURNET."
26CHAPTER X. THE AWFUL GALE—IN CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL—LETTERS FROM HOME.
12CHAPTER X. PADDY'S ADVENTURE—FRED HARRIS PROVES HIMSELF A HERO.
27CHAPTER XI. THE HORRORS OF SCUTARI.
13CHAPTER XI. A TRAGEDY—AULD REIKIE PURSUES SCIENCE UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
28CHAPTER XII. PELISSIER TO THE FRONT—DEATH OF LORD RAGLAN.
14CHAPTER XII. TOM FINCH AND THE SHARK—SHOOTING IN THE DISMAL SWAMP—DEATH AND PROMOTION.
29CHAPTER XIII. THE RUSSIAN BEAR AT BAY—THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGIC WAR.
15CHAPTER XIII. PADDY'S HYBRID—"A QUARE, QUARE BASTE, SORR"—TRICKY NIGGERS—BLACK MAN AS COOK—WAR DECLARED.
30CHAPTER XIV. "REMEMBER, WE SHALL ALL MEET AGAIN SOME CHRISTMAS EVE ON HIGH."
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