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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... sort of people . They expected we should have burned their town , and were of course pleased at getting off so cheap . Besides Otho , we brought away a Genoese master of a vessel , who offered to come and act as pilot in the Sea of ...
... sort of people . They expected we should have burned their town , and were of course pleased at getting off so cheap . Besides Otho , we brought away a Genoese master of a vessel , who offered to come and act as pilot in the Sea of ...
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... sort , nothing is more common than to see large pigs lying in the boats . It is highly absurd to see a long - legged pig going his best by a lot of sailors , who fire a volley at and miss him , or perhaps give him a slight wound . This ...
... sort , nothing is more common than to see large pigs lying in the boats . It is highly absurd to see a long - legged pig going his best by a lot of sailors , who fire a volley at and miss him , or perhaps give him a slight wound . This ...
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... sort of work had now been going on for some time ; and the result was that the town had been plundered most effectually be- tween men - of - war's men , crews of transports , French , Turks , and Tartars , and some of the inhabitants ...
... sort of work had now been going on for some time ; and the result was that the town had been plundered most effectually be- tween men - of - war's men , crews of transports , French , Turks , and Tartars , and some of the inhabitants ...
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... sort of closet in the room . The officer proceeded to offer violence to the woman , who resisted ; upon which he spoke some words to the attendant - soldier , who went to the closet , drew his sword , and pinned the child to the wall ...
... sort of closet in the room . The officer proceeded to offer violence to the woman , who resisted ; upon which he spoke some words to the attendant - soldier , who went to the closet , drew his sword , and pinned the child to the wall ...
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... sort or other . Shortly 18th . To give an account of this day's fight and failure is a most difficult undertaking . The firing was very heavy all night . after midnight the troops marched down to the trenches . I was not in bed , having ...
... sort or other . Shortly 18th . To give an account of this day's fight and failure is a most difficult undertaking . The firing was very heavy all night . after midnight the troops marched down to the trenches . I was not in bed , having ...
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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.