Journal of Adventures with the British Army, from the Commencement of the War to the Taking of Sebastopol ...Hurst and Blackett, 1856 |
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... Dead rats , cats , and dogs lie about in a sea of mud and filth ; and the newly - arrived traveller will be fortunate if he does not get ancle deep in a heap of slush , before he has gone fifty yards from the water . If the reader ...
... Dead rats , cats , and dogs lie about in a sea of mud and filth ; and the newly - arrived traveller will be fortunate if he does not get ancle deep in a heap of slush , before he has gone fifty yards from the water . If the reader ...
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... Frank quarter , at night , with lanterns and big sticks , and murder the dogs they found lying in the streets . The next day , you might see the live dogs eating the dead ones ! The inhabi- DOGS . 13 tants rather cherish them , and nothing.
... Frank quarter , at night , with lanterns and big sticks , and murder the dogs they found lying in the streets . The next day , you might see the live dogs eating the dead ones ! The inhabi- DOGS . 13 tants rather cherish them , and nothing.
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... Dead horses were lying about , and men — a few English , and more Russians - swelling and blistering in the The sight was new to me - I had never seen a dead man before - I felt a sickening sensation , and avoided looking at the corpses ...
... Dead horses were lying about , and men — a few English , and more Russians - swelling and blistering in the The sight was new to me - I had never seen a dead man before - I felt a sickening sensation , and avoided looking at the corpses ...
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... dead on the ground ; and were buried the next day . The enemy carried off the greater part of the killed and wounded from the position they occupied . The proportion of wounded to killed is , I believe , about four to one ; from which ...
... dead on the ground ; and were buried the next day . The enemy carried off the greater part of the killed and wounded from the position they occupied . The proportion of wounded to killed is , I believe , about four to one ; from which ...
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... dead , are most difficult to find . The dead were lying in pools of blood , their faces and hands like wax ; most of them had been killed by our Minié rifles . Our heavy conical balls cause frightful wounds ; when- ever they touch limb ...
... dead , are most difficult to find . The dead were lying in pools of blood , their faces and hands like wax ; most of them had been killed by our Minié rifles . Our heavy conical balls cause frightful wounds ; when- ever they touch limb ...
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