William Cotton Oswell, hunter and explorer : the story of his life with certain correspondance and extracts from the private journal of David Livingstone, hitherto unpublished (1900)
Oswell, William Edward, Livingstone, David, 1813-1873, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : W. Heinemann · leaf 60
WILLIAM COTTON OSWELL 34 pocket. What struck me was the composure of Oswell when under fire.’ He witnessed the storming of the Malakoff on Septem¬ ber 8, 1855, and the fall of Sebastopol on the following day, and it was not until six weeks later that he took his passage back to England. Throughout… … THE COMPOSURE OF OSWELL WHEN UNDER FIRE. hospitals, and devoted much of his time to visiting and cheering the sick and wounded. When anaesthetics and medical appliances ran short, the knife was, of course, none the less busy, and he used often to say he had no idea what pluck was until he saw men…
Oswell, William Cotton, 1818-1893
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