Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by William Howard Russell

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Irish reporter William Howard Russell.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
William Howard Russell

Sir William Howard Russell, was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. He spent 22 months covering the Crimean War, including the Siege of Sevastopol and the Charge of the Light Brigade. He later covered events during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the American Civil War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War.

They dashed on towards that thin red line tipped with steel. — © William Howard Russell
They dashed on towards that thin red line tipped with steel.
Little did I conceive of the greatness of the defeat (at Bull Run), the magnitude of the disaster which it had entailed upon the United States. So short-lived has been the American Union, that men who saw it rise may live to see it fall.
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