Letters from Head-quarters: Or, The Realities of the War in the Crimea, Volume 1J. Murray, 1856 - Crimean War, 1853-1856 |
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... lands at Dover directly , so I must bring it to a termination . Gibraltar Harbour , April 14 , 1854 . We arrived here an hour ago , six A.M. , having made thus far a most successful voyage , going at the rate of ten knots per hour all ...
... lands at Dover directly , so I must bring it to a termination . Gibraltar Harbour , April 14 , 1854 . We arrived here an hour ago , six A.M. , having made thus far a most successful voyage , going at the rate of ten knots per hour all ...
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... land , which , I believe , till now has not been permitted , thanks to Sir Robert Gardiner , who has given orders that ships with troops from England should be exempt from quarantine . The Spaniards are in horrors at this , and expect ...
... land , which , I believe , till now has not been permitted , thanks to Sir Robert Gardiner , who has given orders that ships with troops from England should be exempt from quarantine . The Spaniards are in horrors at this , and expect ...
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... land and harbour batteries about 450 more . Everything has been done of late years to improve and strengthen the fortifications , and even at the present moment large works are in course of construction . We afterwards rode up to the ...
... land and harbour batteries about 450 more . Everything has been done of late years to improve and strengthen the fortifications , and even at the present moment large works are in course of construction . We afterwards rode up to the ...
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... land at Scutari , on the Asiatic side . But I must go back to the day we left Malta ( 19th ) . We quitted the harbour in the afternoon ; the sea was as smooth as if oil had been poured on it , yet with such a swell that B 3 CHAP . I. 9 ...
... land at Scutari , on the Asiatic side . But I must go back to the day we left Malta ( 19th ) . We quitted the harbour in the afternoon ; the sea was as smooth as if oil had been poured on it , yet with such a swell that B 3 CHAP . I. 9 ...
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... land at 7 A.M .; that is to say , we could see the top of Mount " St. Ziria , ” the ancient " Cyllene , " in the Morea , which is 7900 feet above the sea . Passing between the island of Cerigo and the main- land , at 4 P.M. we observed ...
... land at 7 A.M .; that is to say , we could see the top of Mount " St. Ziria , ” the ancient " Cyllene , " in the Morea , which is 7900 feet above the sea . Passing between the island of Cerigo and the main- land , at 4 P.M. we observed ...
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