Editing Electrical telegraph (section)

===Crimean War===
The [[Crimean War]] was one of the first conflicts to use [[Telegraphy|telegraphs]] and was one of the first to be documented extensively. In 1854, the government in London created a military Telegraph Detachment for the Army commanded by an officer of the [[Royal Engineers]]. It was to comprise twenty-five men from the Royal Corps of Sappers & Miners trained by the Electric Telegraph Company to construct and work the first field electric telegraph.<ref>{{Citation |last=Roberts |first=Steven |title=Distant Writing A History of Telegraph Companies in Britain between 1838 and 1868: 16. Telegraph at War 1854–1868 |year=2012 |url=http://distantwriting.co.uk/telegraphwar.html}}</ref>

Journalistic recording of the war was provided by [[William Howard Russell]] (writing for ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper) with photographs by [[Roger Fenton]].{{sfn|Figes|2010|pp=306–309}} News from war correspondents kept the public of the nations involved in the war informed of the day-to-day events in a way that had not been possible in any previous war. After the French extended their telegraph lines to the coast of the Black Sea in late 1854, war news began reaching [[London]] in two days. When the British laid an underwater cable to the Crimean peninsula in April 1855, news reached London in a few hours. These prompt daily news reports energised British public opinion on the war, which brought down the government and led to Lord Palmerston becoming prime minister.{{sfn|Figes|2010|pp=304–311}}