Letters from Head-quarters: Or, The Realities of the War in the Crimea, Volumen1J. Murray, 1856 |
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... took the hint literally , and cheer followed cheer from the troops on board as the steamer got into the stream ; we were answered from the shore by the dockyard workmen and the crews of all the vessels near . It was curious to watch the ...
... took the hint literally , and cheer followed cheer from the troops on board as the steamer got into the stream ; we were answered from the shore by the dockyard workmen and the crews of all the vessels near . It was curious to watch the ...
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... took in at Gibraltar have proved so bad , that the engineers have had great difficulty in making them burn ; and consequently we have only been going seven - and - a - half and eight instead of ten knots per hour . This steamer was ...
... took in at Gibraltar have proved so bad , that the engineers have had great difficulty in making them burn ; and consequently we have only been going seven - and - a - half and eight instead of ten knots per hour . This steamer was ...
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... English . We found a Turkish colonel there , who was very civil , and took us round the barracks , and afterwards gave us the usual pipe of peace and coffee . The night , when we retired to bed , we were 14 CHAP . I. PERA - KULULI .
... English . We found a Turkish colonel there , who was very civil , and took us round the barracks , and afterwards gave us the usual pipe of peace and coffee . The night , when we retired to bed , we were 14 CHAP . I. PERA - KULULI .
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... the Duke of Cambridge : of course Lord Raglan and the principal English and French Generals were asked , and their staffs . The fête took place at the palace of Beglen Beg , situated on the Asiatic side 32 CHAP . I. MILITARY INSPECTION .
... the Duke of Cambridge : of course Lord Raglan and the principal English and French Generals were asked , and their staffs . The fête took place at the palace of Beglen Beg , situated on the Asiatic side 32 CHAP . I. MILITARY INSPECTION .
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... took off one of poor Captain Gifford's legs , and the second shot both the legs of a midshipman and killed him on the spot . The " Tiger " could only bring one gun to bear upon the Russian battery , as most of her guns had already been ...
... took off one of poor Captain Gifford's legs , and the second shot both the legs of a midshipman and killed him on the spot . The " Tiger " could only bring one gun to bear upon the Russian battery , as most of her guns had already been ...
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1st Division 2nd Division 4th Division 8th Hussars advance allied Alma appeared Arnaud arrived artillery attack Balaklava battalion battle Bosphorus brigade of Guards camp cannonade Canrobert Captain Caradoc cholera Colonel command consequently Cossacks Crimea despatch Devna Duke of Cambridge Edmund Lyons enemy enemy's English fire flank fleet French army front garrison ground guns harbour head-quarters heavy heights horses hour infantry Inkermann instant killed Lacy Evans land light cavalry Light Division Lord Cardigan Lord Lucan Lord Raglan loss Marshal St miles minutes night o'clock officers Omer Pasha parapet picket prisoners ravine rear redoubt regiment river road rode round shot Russian Sandbag Battery Scutari sent Sevastopol shell ships shot Shumla side siege Silistria Sir De Lacy Sir Edmund Lyons Sir George Brown staff Tchernaya tents told town troops Turkish Turks valley Varna village wounded yards Zouaves