A Voice from Within the Walls of Sebastopol: A Narrative of the Campaign in the Crimea, and of the Events of the Siege |
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... the writer of this work gives a triumphant démenti to this assertion , so often indignantly repudiated by the Poles , and the more so as he bears testimony to the fact that the greater number of his countrymen serving in the a 2.
... the writer of this work gives a triumphant démenti to this assertion , so often indignantly repudiated by the Poles , and the more so as he bears testimony to the fact that the greater number of his countrymen serving in the a 2.
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... give 17,500 bayonets , 600 foot artillerymen , 2400 sabres , and 180 horse artillerymen . The num- ber of sailors of the Black Sea fleet , including the different workmen belonging to the docks , would be about 25,000 men . Up to the ...
... give 17,500 bayonets , 600 foot artillerymen , 2400 sabres , and 180 horse artillerymen . The num- ber of sailors of the Black Sea fleet , including the different workmen belonging to the docks , would be about 25,000 men . Up to the ...
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... give it them in fine style . The French , we know , can fight , but the English , if they ever do make war , it's only with savages , in a country a long way off - there , I can't think of the name of it - you must all know - it is the ...
... give it them in fine style . The French , we know , can fight , but the English , if they ever do make war , it's only with savages , in a country a long way off - there , I can't think of the name of it - you must all know - it is the ...
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... give chace ; the steamer " Odessa " was already at sea . The other vessels outside the harbour also bore down upon the three strangers . The whole of our encamp- ment was out upon the hills above the village of Utchkuevka , while the ...
... give chace ; the steamer " Odessa " was already at sea . The other vessels outside the harbour also bore down upon the three strangers . The whole of our encamp- ment was out upon the hills above the village of Utchkuevka , while the ...
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... give his opinion on them . Totleben afterwards told the Prince that he would take the town in three hours with two divisions of infantry and field artillery . This answer is said not to have pleased the old diplomatist . On During the ...
... give his opinion on them . Totleben afterwards told the Prince that he would take the town in three hours with two divisions of infantry and field artillery . This answer is said not to have pleased the old diplomatist . On During the ...
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16th division 1st brigade 2nd brigade advance aide-de-camp Allies Alma arrived artillery asked attack Bakchi Sarai Balaclava bastion battalion battery battle of Alma battle of Inkerman began Belbek Captain cavalry Chorgoun Colonel columns command Cossacks Crimea crossed defence duty enemy enemy's English Eupatoria Fcap fire fleet French gabions Grand Dukes harbour heights hill History horses Katcha killed Kiriakoff Korniloff left flank light battery Liprandi LORD ment Minsk morning moved never night o'clock obliged occupied officers Plan Plates Portrait position Post 8vo Prince Gortchakoff Prince Menschikoff ravine regi regiment of Borodino regiment of Boutirsk regiment of Moscow remarked retire retreat river road rode Römer round shot Russian army Russian soldier sailors Second Edition sent Sevastopol Severnaya shell ships shot side Simpheropol sotnias steamers talions Tatars tery Third Edition took Totleben town transport troops versts village Volkhoff Vols Woodcuts wounded
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