Journal of Adventures with the British Army, from the Commencement of the War to the Taking of Sebastopol ...Hurst and Blackett, 1856 - Всего страниц: 319 |
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... allowed . The place was full of pigs and poultry , and they would run about . The temptation was too great for the sailors ; they broke loose , and commenced shooting at them . The French did the same , or worse , for while shooting at ...
... allowed . The place was full of pigs and poultry , and they would run about . The temptation was too great for the sailors ; they broke loose , and commenced shooting at them . The French did the same , or worse , for while shooting at ...
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... allowed to land . The town of Kertch is built half round , and in front of a hill rising from the bay , along the shore of which is a fine quay , where most of the principal houses were ; but the chief part of the town is round the hill ...
... allowed to land . The town of Kertch is built half round , and in front of a hill rising from the bay , along the shore of which is a fine quay , where most of the principal houses were ; but the chief part of the town is round the hill ...
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... allowed ; but left no troops to enforce it , and protect the inhabitants , or their property . Consequently the orders were a dead letter . Indeed he had no troops to spare for the purpose . As there was no real restriction , the chief ...
... allowed ; but left no troops to enforce it , and protect the inhabitants , or their property . Consequently the orders were a dead letter . Indeed he had no troops to spare for the purpose . As there was no real restriction , the chief ...
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... allowed to see the place ; it was ample , for there was very little to be seen . Anapa is built on a promontory , with a low cliff . Behind is a plain , rising gradually to the mountains in the background , a spur or commencement of the ...
... allowed to see the place ; it was ample , for there was very little to be seen . Anapa is built on a promontory , with a low cliff . Behind is a plain , rising gradually to the mountains in the background , a spur or commencement of the ...
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... allowed to pass them except on duty . It was a great farce , on the occasion of an as- sault as if it were a review in England - to have a brigade of cavalry to keep the ground , 80 ATTACK ON THE REDAN . and prevent some three.
... allowed to pass them except on duty . It was a great farce , on the occasion of an as- sault as if it were a review in England - to have a brigade of cavalry to keep the ground , 80 ATTACK ON THE REDAN . and prevent some three.
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abattis Anapa anchored appeared Arabat army attack Baidar Balaklava Barkley batteries battle of Alma Berdiansk Black Sea boats Bosphorus Brigade burning camp Captain cavalry cliff close coal Constantinople Cossacks covered Crimea Croats dead doubt England English exposed fire flag of truce French French soldiers front ground gun-boats guns half-past harbour heard heavy Heraclea hill horses hundred inhabitants Inkerman Kertch killed Kosloo land looked Lord Raglan lying Malakhoff Mamelon miles mines morning mountains never night o'clock a.m. officers Omar Pasha party pass Pelissier pickets plundering quay ravine Redan regiment Russians sailors Sardinian Sea of Azoff Sebastopol seen sent sentries shells ships shore shot side Sir George Brown smoke soon squadron steamers Stromboli TAGANROG Tchernaya Tchorgoun Temriouk Therapia to-day told took town troops Turkish Turks valley vessels wounded Yenikalé Zungeldek
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Стр. 228 - September : — 29 officers, 36 sergeants, 6 drummers, 314 rank and file, killed ; 124 officers, 142 sergeants, 13 drummers, 1608 rank and file, wounded; 1 officer, 12 sergeants, 163 rank and file, missing.
Стр. 229 - Sebastopol on the 8th of September was — 4 superior officers, 55 subalterns, and 2625 men, killed ; wounded, 26 superior officers, 206 subalterns, 5826 men; contused, 9 superior officers, 38 subalterns, 1138 men; missing, 24 officers and 1739 men.
Стр. 278 - ... never afterward was sensible. It was a very affecting scene when she was dead. The father, with his face upon one cheek of the corpse — the husband at the feet — Rang! lying all along by the side, gently rubbing the other cheek — the girls standing around, and the boys all weeping bitterly. It was too much for me, and I was obliged to go away, and give vent to my overpowered feelings in my own bed-room. Really if we had all come to New Zealand only to effect, with God's blessing, this one...
Стр. 52 - Falmouth to anchor as close to the town as the depth of water would permit, and to enfilade the part proposed to be attacked.