Letters from Head-quarters; Or, the Realities of the War in the Crimea: By an Officer on the Staff [d.i. Somerset John Gough Calthorpe]. In 2 Vol, Volumen1Murray, 1856 |
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... enemy's tents , and see the videttes and pickets at intervals round the camps . After gazing for a long time at the imposing scene before us , we mounted our horses and rode into the town of Silistria at four o'clock in the 70 CHAP . II ...
... enemy's tents , and see the videttes and pickets at intervals round the camps . After gazing for a long time at the imposing scene before us , we mounted our horses and rode into the town of Silistria at four o'clock in the 70 CHAP . II ...
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... enemy , except by seeing the bodies of several horses lying about ; but we have since heard that they lost twenty - five men killed and wounded . The enemy's cavalry consisted of the 12th ( Saxe Weimar ) Hussars , and two regiments of ...
... enemy , except by seeing the bodies of several horses lying about ; but we have since heard that they lost twenty - five men killed and wounded . The enemy's cavalry consisted of the 12th ( Saxe Weimar ) Hussars , and two regiments of ...
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... enemy's position . Even at this distance we could see that it was a position of im- mense strength ; and what appeared at first sight as dark patches of underwood , on the side of the hills , proved to be masses of infantry when ex ...
... enemy's position . Even at this distance we could see that it was a position of im- mense strength ; and what appeared at first sight as dark patches of underwood , on the side of the hills , proved to be masses of infantry when ex ...
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... enemy . On the south side of the river , extend- ing from the sea nearly to the village of Bourlick , is a range of heights , at places almost perpendicular , resembling cliffs , varying from 300 to 500 feet above the ... ENEMY'S POSITIONS .
... enemy . On the south side of the river , extend- ing from the sea nearly to the village of Bourlick , is a range of heights , at places almost perpendicular , resembling cliffs , varying from 300 to 500 feet above the ... ENEMY'S POSITIONS .
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... enemy had taken advantage of these terraces to place their guns of position . On one plateau they had 13 brass guns , 32 - pounders ( I believe ) , behind a low parapet , which was not of sufficient height to cause ... ENEMY'S POSITIONS .
... enemy had taken advantage of these terraces to place their guns of position . On one plateau they had 13 brass guns , 32 - pounders ( I believe ) , behind a low parapet , which was not of sufficient height to cause ... ENEMY'S POSITIONS .
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1st Division 2nd Division 4th Division 8th Hussars advance aide-de-camp allied Alma appeared Arnaud arrived artillery attack Balaklava battalion battle brigade of Guards camp Canrobert Captain Caradoc cholera Colonel command consequently Cossack Hill Cossacks Crimea Devna Duke of Cambridge Edmund Lyons enemy enemy's English fire flank fleet French army front 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 morning night o'clock officers Omer Pasha parapet picket position 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