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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Page 39
... retire and give infor- mation to the rest of our party , that we might concert measures . If the reconnoitring party were discovered , a shot fired was to be a signal for the rest to advance and begin a hand - to - hand combat . This ...
... retire and give infor- mation to the rest of our party , that we might concert measures . If the reconnoitring party were discovered , a shot fired was to be a signal for the rest to advance and begin a hand - to - hand combat . This ...
Page 68
... retire accord- ing to the discretion of their General , Oslono- vich , for whom there could be no excuse , though for the men there was , as they were all young soldiers . He twice rode up to our General , Kiriakoff , to ask for ...
... retire accord- ing to the discretion of their General , Oslono- vich , for whom there could be no excuse , though for the men there was , as they were all young soldiers . He twice rode up to our General , Kiriakoff , to ask for ...
Page 72
... retire in confusion . This proves that our Generals had a very poor notion of military tactics , for to send a regiment to the charge without previously having weakened the enemy by artillery is contrary to all rule . Prince Menschikoff ...
... retire in confusion . This proves that our Generals had a very poor notion of military tactics , for to send a regiment to the charge without previously having weakened the enemy by artillery is contrary to all rule . Prince Menschikoff ...
Page 77
... retire through a narrow pass surrounded on all sides by high mountains , from which had a shot or shell been thrown from time to time , it would have com- pleted the disorganization , for none would have thought of resisting , so great ...
... retire through a narrow pass surrounded on all sides by high mountains , from which had a shot or shell been thrown from time to time , it would have com- pleted the disorganization , for none would have thought of resisting , so great ...
Page 86
... retire , following the ex- ample of the reserves . During the five hours that the battle went on we neither saw nor heard of our general of division , or brigadier , or colonel : we did not during the whole time receive any orders from ...
... retire , following the ex- ample of the reserves . During the five hours that the battle went on we neither saw nor heard of our general of division , or brigadier , or colonel : we did not during the whole time receive any orders from ...
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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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