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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... . 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 did not calculate on our landing troops ; and the re- LIST OF THE SQUADRON . 7 turn of the first.
... . 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 did not calculate on our landing troops ; and the re- LIST OF THE SQUADRON . 7 turn of the first.
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... 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 - Berdiansk being ...
... 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 - Berdiansk being ...
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... taken to be such . The boats advanced into the creeks , and were speedily engaged in setting fire to a number of small vessels , already deserted by their crews . No matches , or means of striking a light , had been provided in the gig ...
... taken to be such . The boats advanced into the creeks , and were speedily engaged in setting fire to a number of small vessels , already deserted by their crews . No matches , or means of striking a light , had been provided in the gig ...
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... taken prisoner yesterday on the Spit ; he would not go off without his passport , which had been taken from him , and which , he said , he was obliged to show . Russia must be a nice country to reside in , when even the peasantry are ...
... taken prisoner yesterday on the Spit ; he would not go off without his passport , which had been taken from him , and which , he said , he was obliged to show . Russia must be a nice country to reside in , when even the peasantry are ...
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George Cavendish Taylor. A SEARCH FOR CHARTS . 17 taken out of the Argonaut . I went with him , armed with a revolver and a tomahawk- the latter a most useful weapon in case of having to break open lockers . Otho also came , to act as ...
George Cavendish Taylor. A SEARCH FOR CHARTS . 17 taken out of the Argonaut . I went with him , armed with a revolver and a tomahawk- the latter a most useful weapon in case of having to break open lockers . Otho also came , to act as ...
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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.