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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... smoke issued from some large buildings with tall chimneys at- tached , and which looked like factories . All the morning was employed in sound- ing for a channel into the Sea of Azoff , and it was buoyed down by Mr. Williams , the ...
... smoke issued from some large buildings with tall chimneys at- tached , and which looked like factories . All the morning was employed in sound- ing for a channel into the Sea of Azoff , and it was buoyed down by Mr. Williams , the ...
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... smoke , as before , but this time they assumed the shape of a large Lombardy poplar - indeed , I have never seen two explo- sions alike . The troops soon passed through Kertch , and advanced towards Yenikalé , which was re- ported to be ...
... smoke , as before , but this time they assumed the shape of a large Lombardy poplar - indeed , I have never seen two explo- sions alike . The troops soon passed through Kertch , and advanced towards Yenikalé , which was re- ported to be ...
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... the sailors ; they broke loose , and commenced shooting at them . The French did the same , or worse , for while shooting at the pigs , the smoke was so thick and blinding , that they 14 RUSSIAN STEAMERS . did not see where our men.
... the sailors ; they broke loose , and commenced shooting at them . The French did the same , or worse , for while shooting at the pigs , the smoke was so thick and blinding , that they 14 RUSSIAN STEAMERS . did not see where our men.
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... smoke from the doors and windows , which increases and escapes from every aper- ture ; then come flames , and soon after the crackling of the windows . The roof falls in , and emits volumes of dense smoke , which give place to bright ...
... smoke from the doors and windows , which increases and escapes from every aper- ture ; then come flames , and soon after the crackling of the windows . The roof falls in , and emits volumes of dense smoke , which give place to bright ...
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... Smoke issuing from the windows proved that it had burst , and a round hole in the wood - work showed where it had entered . It was very amusing to see the large shells leaping up the slopes of the cliff , and flying over the houses , in ...
... Smoke issuing from the windows proved that it had burst , and a round hole in the wood - work showed where it had entered . It was very amusing to see the large shells leaping up the slopes of the cliff , and flying over the houses , in ...
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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.