| The first edition of this book, published in 1990, was the fullest account until then of one of the most extraordinary railways ever built. During the Crimean War, when the British Army organisation had collapsed, a civilian workforce Balaklava and in a few short weeks built a railway which supplied the Army and was to play a crucial part in the course of the war. Since the first edition, further reaserch has revealed much new information which is judged to be sufficiently importan and of sufficeint general interest to warrant this revised and expanded edition. It Gives a fascinating and detailed picture of the railway, one of the undeservedly little-known features of the Crimean War, and of the remarkable men who built and operated it. Contents:
- Preface
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 – Invasion
- Chapter 2 – A Railway to the Rescue
- Chapter 3 – Survey and Construction
- Chapter 4 – Seven Miles in Aeven Weeks
- Chapter 5 – The First Hospital Train
- Chapter 6 – McMurdo in Charge
- Chapter 7 – The End of the Siege
- Chapter 8 – The Second Winter
- Chapter 9 – The Railway that Won a War
- Bil;iography and Sources
- Appendix 1 – Report by James Beatty yo Messrs Peto, Brassey and Betts
- Appendix 2 – Amount of Ammunition carried by different means
- Appendix 3 – British and French contributions to the Bombardment of Sebastopol
- Index
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