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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... shots fired at it would bring it about the ears of its defenders ; the materials used in its construction being of a a very inferior quality no doubt the engineer who was charged with this work made good the deficiency by well ...
... shots fired at it would bring it about the ears of its defenders ; the materials used in its construction being of a a very inferior quality no doubt the engineer who was charged with this work made good the deficiency by well ...
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... shot it is possible to see all the interior , even the barbette of the guns . Major - General Pavlovsky , who had charge of the fortifications of Sevastopol , proposed to destroy the North Fort as perfectly useless , as it was ...
... shot it is possible to see all the interior , even the barbette of the guns . Major - General Pavlovsky , who had charge of the fortifications of Sevastopol , proposed to destroy the North Fort as perfectly useless , as it was ...
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... shot . A new façade was added to this battery , on the left - hand side , for the purpose of enfilading Fort Alexander . In this addition to the old work were placed twelve heavy guns ; two large powder magazines were also constructed ...
... shot . A new façade was added to this battery , on the left - hand side , for the purpose of enfilading Fort Alexander . In this addition to the old work were placed twelve heavy guns ; two large powder magazines were also constructed ...
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... shot cannot see her enemy , though she can feel it . On the land side this tower is equally effective . It is two stories high , if that is a correct expression when the upper story is almost level with the surface . In the lower story ...
... shot cannot see her enemy , though she can feel it . On the land side this tower is equally effective . It is two stories high , if that is a correct expression when the upper story is almost level with the surface . In the lower story ...
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... shot rebounded , because it was a holy place ! but they could not understand that . " The men listened to the words of their Captain with great attention ; and when he told them that the English had taken the bells from the monastery ...
... shot rebounded , because it was a holy place ! but they could not understand that . " The men listened to the words of their Captain with great attention ; and when he told them that the English had taken the bells from the monastery ...
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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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