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Gallipolis Journal
Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio
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Lajos Kossuth writes to the New York Times criticizing British army mismanagement in the Crimean War, citing Roebuck committee disclosures of horrific conditions for sick and wounded soldiers, massive troop losses from 60,000 to 7,000, the 63rd regiment reduced to 80 men, and cavalry horses decimated to 180 due to errors like Lord Lucan's forage signature issue, contrasting with minimal Turkish losses.
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"Have you ever cast a glance over the appalling disclosures before the Roebuck
committee? Have you read the heart-rending tales about the sick and wounded, stored
up amid knee deep immunities of sordid effluvia—the convalescents dying from
starvation—the gallant army of nearly 60,000 men brought down to 7,000 rank and file—
the brave 63d regiment of infantry vanished from upward 1,500 to not more than 80 men;
the whole cavalry force of the army reduced to 180 horses, (95 per cent loss,) while the
Turkish cavalry having the same service to perform, lost not more than one per cent of
its horses; the annihilating loss of the former resulting from the mismanagement, of which
Lord Lucan afforded a striking evidence by the disclosures that the whole horse has been
left without forage nearly a whole day, because he happened to set his signature to the
receipt by one inch higher or lower than he ought to have done."
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army reduced from nearly 60,000 to 7,000 rank and file; 63rd regiment from over 1,500 to 80 men; cavalry force reduced to 180 horses (95% loss), compared to turkish cavalry's 1% loss; due to mismanagement including lack of forage.
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Kossuth describes appalling disclosures before the Roebuck committee regarding sick and wounded soldiers stored in knee-deep sordid effluvia, convalescents dying from starvation, and severe losses in the army attributed to mismanagement, exemplified by Lord Lucan's error in signing a forage receipt leading to horses without feed for a day.