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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... four steamers had escaped yesterday , and gone to Berdiansk ;. one of them had treasure on board . He also said that the Russians had been quite taken by surprise . They did not believe it possible that we could take Kertch , for they ...
... four steamers had escaped yesterday , and gone to Berdiansk ;. one of them had treasure on board . He also said that the Russians had been quite taken by surprise . They did not believe it possible that we could take Kertch , for they ...
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... four a.m. the French steamers , four in number , came up . The squadron weighed immediately , and started for Ber- diansk . The following is the list of the vessels . Miranda , screw , 15 guns , Captain Lyons , senior officer . 99 ...
... four a.m. the French steamers , four in number , came up . The squadron weighed immediately , and started for Ber- diansk . The following is the list of the vessels . Miranda , screw , 15 guns , Captain Lyons , senior officer . 99 ...
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... four more prizes were taken ; two were schooners , and two were smaller craft . The crews were taken out , and they were then set on fire . At half - past three , the squadron anchored off the lighthouse at the end of the Berdiansk Spit ...
... four more prizes were taken ; two were schooners , and two were smaller craft . The crews were taken out , and they were then set on fire . At half - past three , the squadron anchored off the lighthouse at the end of the Berdiansk Spit ...
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... four Russian steamers , which had es- caped from Kertch , were run ashore close to the town , and burned to the water's edge . Three of them had been built of wood , and nothing remained above water but their fun- nels , and the iron ...
... four Russian steamers , which had es- caped from Kertch , were run ashore close to the town , and burned to the water's edge . Three of them had been built of wood , and nothing remained above water but their fun- nels , and the iron ...
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... four hundred yards dis- tance . The boats lay some distance off shore , firing shells and rockets into the town and vessels in the straits . The chief objects of the ships ' fire were the church and governor's house ; and I soon counted ...
... four hundred yards dis- tance . The boats lay some distance off shore , firing shells and rockets into the town and vessels in the straits . The chief objects of the ships ' fire were the church and governor's house ; and I soon counted ...
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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. 204 - And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side ? who ? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. 33 And he said, Throw her down.
Стр. 316 - The principal points on which light is thrown by the present correspondence are, the negociations before and after the Treaty of Amiens until the time of its rupture — the true character of Addington's Administration, and the relations between
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.