Excerpt from Travels to the Seat of War in the East, Through Russia and the Crimea, in 1829, Vol. 1 of 2: With Sketches of the Imperial Fleet and Army, Personal Adventures, and Characteristic Anecdotes
The Author of the following pages, after his return from the East, entered the Royal Mili tary College, Sandhurst, as a student in the Senior Department, three years ago: when he had finished his probation there, he joined the Establishment at Chatham, for instruction in Military Field Works, and then availed himself of a year's leave of absence from his late regi ment to extend the knowledge of his profes sion, by visiting some of the Continental armies.
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