Excerpt from The Crimean Diary and Letters of Lieut.-General Sir Charles Ash Windham, K. C. B : With Observations Upon His Services During the Indian Mutiny
An article which appeared a short time ago in one of the leading weekly journals, also the suggestion of many friends, first prompted me to publish my late father"s Crimean Correspondence and Extracts from his Diary.
I thought that, as a sailor, I could not do justice to the subject, and my friend Major Hugh Pearse kindly undertook to edit the letters, and to him I return my warmest thanks.
The veteran, Sir William Russell - and I take it, no higher Crimean authority exists - most kindly undertook to write the opening chapter; and I cannot find words to express how deeply touched I have been by the interest he has taken in the book.
The letters are those of a man who occupied a very responsible position, and who had ample opportunities of forming a correct judgment.
Naturally, I do not wish to enter into any personal controversy with regard to my father"s conduct either in the Crimea or in India.
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