Our troops are decreasing every day, and the situation is grim, which is extremely worrying. Since June 10, more than 700 patients have been sent to Balaclava. ...
1 10, our light cavalry brigade is advancing. Their number is limited, only 607 cavalry ... When they rushed forward to kill, the Russians opened fire on them in the defensive position on the right, and muskets and rifles fired at them together ... 1 1: 35. In front of the bloody Moscow position, only the dead and dying were left, and no other British soldiers were alive.
In addition, Russell also used a lot of pen and ink to expose the cruelty of the war environment:
The deceased lay naked next to the living. The hospital lacks the most common medical equipment, and people don't pay attention to etiquette and cleanliness at all ... What I saw was that these people died without any treatment ... Russell asked: "Isn't there a woman willing to give her life and stand up and help those sick soldiers?"
In London, a female nurse named florence nightingale, after seeing these reports, spontaneously organized an ambulance team composed of 38 nurses to go to the front to help the wounded and sick, which promoted the birth of a modern nursing system. Due to Russell's critical reports, a campaign to save the British Expeditionary Force was launched in Britain. The front-line commander was replaced and the government representing the old forces was forced to resign. The equipment and combat effectiveness of the frontline troops have been greatly enhanced. Britain finally won the war. Russell received a hero's welcome when he returned to China. People spoke highly of his behavior: "He awakened the conscience of the British people and made them sympathize with the sufferings of the British army, thus saving the remnants of those great troops we sent to the front."
Since then, Russell has reported on 1857- 1858 British troops suppressing Indian soldiers' uprising, 1859 Franco-Austrian War, American Civil War, 1864 Danish War, 1866 Puao War, 1870. In reporting the British war to suppress Indian soldiers, Russell, as always, carried forward his limited critical spirit mixed with patriotism and universal feelings: "The indiscriminate killing of innocent people must be stopped. Let angry British Indian civilians speak their minds and punish rebellious Indian soldiers and those who participate in armed activities against us. "