The Story of the Campaign: A Complete Narrative of the War in Southern Russia, Written in a Tent in the CrimeaGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 184 pagina's |
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Pagina 32
... ridge beyond , in pursuit of some Cossacks who showed themselves , and a troop of horse- artillery followed . Just as the first division began to follow the light across the bridge , we heard the guns open . I obtained leave to go to ...
... ridge beyond , in pursuit of some Cossacks who showed themselves , and a troop of horse- artillery followed . Just as the first division began to follow the light across the bridge , we heard the guns open . I obtained leave to go to ...
Pagina 33
... ridge , I found it lined with the troops of the light division , looking on at a skirmish of cavalry and artillery in the plain . All our cavalry , about one thousand , and twelve guns , were drawn up opposite about two thousand ...
... ridge , I found it lined with the troops of the light division , looking on at a skirmish of cavalry and artillery in the plain . All our cavalry , about one thousand , and twelve guns , were drawn up opposite about two thousand ...
Pagina 35
... ridges which successively formed our horizon , only to see others equally solitary rising beyond . The front of the ... ridge , the scene of the coming struggle disclosed itself . The plain , level for about a mile , then sloped gently ...
... ridges which successively formed our horizon , only to see others equally solitary rising beyond . The front of the ... ridge , the scene of the coming struggle disclosed itself . The plain , level for about a mile , then sloped gently ...
Pagina 47
... ridge which overlooks the valley , we saw the heights unoccupied . The lesson on the Alma had been so sharp that the enemy never stood again in the field ; and could he have found heart to hold the position , it would scarcely have been ...
... ridge which overlooks the valley , we saw the heights unoccupied . The lesson on the Alma had been so sharp that the enemy never stood again in the field ; and could he have found heart to hold the position , it would scarcely have been ...
Pagina 63
... ridge looking into the valley , but on another ridge in rear of it . Thus the space between the right of the allied batteries of attack and the heights opposite Inkermann was , while unintrenched , the weak point of the position . The ...
... ridge looking into the valley , but on another ridge in rear of it . Thus the space between the right of the allied batteries of attack and the heights opposite Inkermann was , while unintrenched , the weak point of the position . The ...
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Pagina 78 - Russian force was before them ; a body of cavalry interposed to cut off their retreat ; and, assailed on every side by every arm, and their ranks utterly broken, they were compelled to fight their way through, and to regain our position under the same artillery fire that had crashed into their advance. Singly, and in two's and three's, these gallant horsemen returned, some on foot, some wounded, some supporting a wounded comrade. The same fire which had shattered their ranks had reached the heavy...
Pagina 71 - The interest excited by a contest of artillery, without decided advantage on either side, soon languishes ; and in a few days the thunder of the bombardment was almost unheeded. But the troops in the trenches and batteries were hardly worked, and exposed by day incessantly to a tremendous fire. The space in the magazines in our batteries was at first insufficient to hold ammunition for the day's consumption, and to take in fresh supplies formed one of the most trying duties which artillerymen can...