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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... hands to take leave , and went up to their waists in the water to shove off the boats . No doubt they were glad to see the last of us . At two o'clock p.m. the squadron weighed and started for Arabat . The Swallow and Wrangler were ...
... hands to take leave , and went up to their waists in the water to shove off the boats . No doubt they were glad to see the last of us . At two o'clock p.m. the squadron weighed and started for Arabat . The Swallow and Wrangler were ...
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... hand . He was a civilian , and was very groggy . He said that yesterday the police issued arms to the inhabitants , and told them to defend them- selves . As the boats were returning , some riflemen ran down to a bank near the edge of ...
... hand . He was a civilian , and was very groggy . He said that yesterday the police issued arms to the inhabitants , and told them to defend them- selves . As the boats were returning , some riflemen ran down to a bank near the edge of ...
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... hands at plun- dering . It is said that on these occasions they always tell off a party for the purpose , and divide the proceeds . They found a lot of money to - day in a cart leaving the town , and carried it off for their own benefit ...
... hands at plun- dering . It is said that on these occasions they always tell off a party for the purpose , and divide the proceeds . They found a lot of money to - day in a cart leaving the town , and carried it off for their own benefit ...
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... It was fearfully hot , and soon after midnight all hands were turned up to weigh anchor . So that what with the boatswain's whistles , the band playing , and the rattling of the chain- A QUIET PLACE . 69 cable , the noise was.
... It was fearfully hot , and soon after midnight all hands were turned up to weigh anchor . So that what with the boatswain's whistles , the band playing , and the rattling of the chain- A QUIET PLACE . 69 cable , the noise was.
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... Many were found close up to the abattis — among them was Colonel Yea , who was frightfully disfigured , and swollen so much as hardly to be distinguishable . He had been struck in 96 RECOVERY OF SCALING LADDERS . the neck and hand.
... Many were found close up to the abattis — among them was Colonel Yea , who was frightfully disfigured , and swollen so much as hardly to be distinguishable . He had been struck in 96 RECOVERY OF SCALING LADDERS . the neck and hand.
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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.
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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.