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... army , is chiefly based on notes and memoranda made during his period of service , and its publication is due to the urgent representations of several English gentlemen who became acquainted with the author in the Crimea . In addition ...
... army , is chiefly based on notes and memoranda made during his period of service , and its publication is due to the urgent representations of several English gentlemen who became acquainted with the author in the Crimea . In addition ...
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... army are animated by the same feelings as himself . * Captain Hodasevich was only nine years of age when , by request , which in the Russian meaning of the word signifies the same as by order , he was sent to the Military Academy in St ...
... army are animated by the same feelings as himself . * Captain Hodasevich was only nine years of age when , by request , which in the Russian meaning of the word signifies the same as by order , he was sent to the Military Academy in St ...
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... the late war , such as Iskander Bey , now Iskander Pasha ( Ilinski ) , whose exploits in the army of Omar Pasha are so well known ; as Hidaiot , who , serving in the same corps , and acting as interpreter to Captain Dymock a 3 PREFACE . V.
... the late war , such as Iskander Bey , now Iskander Pasha ( Ilinski ) , whose exploits in the army of Omar Pasha are so well known ; as Hidaiot , who , serving in the same corps , and acting as interpreter to Captain Dymock a 3 PREFACE . V.
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... army at Eupatoria , who was ever foremost in the ranks against the Russians ; as Majors Kleczynski and Jerzmanowski , who distinguished themselves in the Turkish army ; and , lastly , as General Count Zamoyski , com- manding the ...
... army at Eupatoria , who was ever foremost in the ranks against the Russians ; as Majors Kleczynski and Jerzmanowski , who distinguished themselves in the Turkish army ; and , lastly , as General Count Zamoyski , com- manding the ...
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... army , while the latter themselves , far from attaching any idea of disgrace to deser- tion from the Russian ranks , looked upon their escape from the hated yoke as nothing more than a continuation of that emigration which will never ...
... army , while the latter themselves , far from attaching any idea of disgrace to deser- tion from the Russian ranks , looked upon their escape from the hated yoke as nothing more than a continuation of that emigration which will never ...
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