Letter to Friedrich Engels, September 11, 1855

Author(s) Karl Marx
Written 11 September 1855


First published in Der Briefwechsel zwischen F. Engels und K. Marx, Bd. 2, Stuttgart, 1913
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 39


MARX TO ENGELS

IN MANCHESTER

11 September 1855 3 York Place, Denmark Street, Camberwell

Dear Engels,

Like the Russians, I have been compelled by force supérieure TO EVACUATE THE SOUTHERN SIDE without, however, blowing everything up behind me.[1] Indeed, my garrison will remain quietly here, whither I also propose to return IN A WEEK OR SO. In other words, I am obliged to withdraw to Manchester for a few days and shall arrive there tomorrow evening'. I shall have to stay there incognito', so don't let anyone know about my presence—Lupus, OF COURSE, EXCEPTED, should you by chance see him.

I have amended your letter[2] just received, to accord with the latest telegraphic dispatches.

Salut'.

Your

K. M.

  1. ↑ Here Marx compares his enforced departure for Manchester (see Marx to Moritz Eisner, 11 September 1855, this volume, pp. 550-53) with the evacuation of the Southern Side of Sevastopol by the Russian troops on 28-29 August (8-9 September) 1855
  2. ↑ F. Engels, 'The Fall of Sevastopol'.