William Howard Russell the first special correspondent of the Manchester Guardian John Black Atkins. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/the-special-correspondent/?_r=0' http://spartacus-educational.com/Jrussell.htm' William Howard Russell Sir William Howard Russell (28 March 1820, Tallaght, County Dublin, Ireland – 11 February 1907, London, England) 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. As a young reporter, Russell reported
William Carmichael Russell William Carmichael Russell Major-General William Carmichael Russell (1824-1905) was a senior Bengal Artillery officer who served in India. Born on 11 August 1824, William Carmichael Russell was educated at Bedford School. He received his first commission in the Bengal Artillery in June 1842. He served in India during the First Anglo-Sikh War, 1845-1846, and during the Indian Mutiny, 1857. During the First Anglo-Sikh War he fought at the Battle of Ferozeshah, 1845, and at the Battle of Sobraon, 1846, and was awarded the Sutlej Medal. During the Indian Mutiny he served under Brigadier James Neill at Allahabad, and was credited