The War Correspondent | William Howard Russell

In the following excerpt, Russell describes the three places Carson presents in ‘‘The War Correspondent’’: Gallipoli, Varna, and Kertch.

William Howard Russell

In the following excerpt, Russell describes the three places Carson presents in ‘‘The War Correspondent’’: Gallipoli, Varna, and Kertch.

. . . When morning came we only felt sorry that nature had made Gallipoli, a desirable place for us to land at. The tricolor was floating right and left, and the blue coats of the French were well marked on shore, the long lines of bullockcarts stealing along the strand towards their camp making it evident that they were taking care of themselves.

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