Excerpt from Russian Realities: Being Impressions Gathered During Some Recent Journeys in RussiaWe had read all about the landing at Eupatoria, the day of Alma, the taking of Balaclava Harbour, and the establishment there of naval men whom we boys had actually seen. After that came the wreck of the line-of-battle Ship Prince with great loss of life, against that iron-bound coast. The joy with which the surrender of Sebas topol was received can well be imagined, and finally, by this time at the New Cross Naval School, I had a chance of seeing something of the Peace Illuminations in Lon don. To be accurate, my point of observation was on the top of an omnibus which got blocked for hours in the crowded trame, so my range was limited, to say the least.Times have changed in many ways since then, yet some of these memories fit in with the great war now raging.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.