Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 77: January June, 1855 New, then, let us enter into parti culars. We have shown that, but for the receipt of the news of the battle of lnkermanu, Parliament would not have been convened before Christ mas; that in fact, there existed no intention of convening it earlier, but directly the reverse; and that the call was a sudden thought, or rather arose from an unforeseen emergency. What was that emergency? Not, we suppose, the mere fact of the battle of Inkermann, gallant, glo rious, memorable as it was. Alma had preceded it - se had the action of Balaklava. Thanks, under God, to the valour of our brave soldiers, whose constancy and courage, under fearful odds, transcended even Spar tan achievemcnt. And to the assistance of our brave allies, we suffered no defeat - nay, we drove back the Run sians from the heights which they had so daringly sealed, and remained masters of the position. Our loss was heavy - grievously so but not greatly heavier than it was at Alma not nearly so heavy as in some of the Peninsular battles. Ministers did not assemble Parliament to tell them the story of the light. That had already been done, much better than they could do it, through the medium of the press. What. Then, was their object? Just this. To do what they ought to have done months before. And to obtain the sanction of Parliament for pulling the nation upon an udifl u'ar faxing. Catty months ajter w had been formally declared.27m Conduct of the War. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.