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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... ground into Spain . The constrast between the English and Spanish sentries was great ; the former so smart , clean , and erect ; and the latter so slovenly , dirty , and slouching in gait . It is strange that the Spanish Government ...
... ground into Spain . The constrast between the English and Spanish sentries was great ; the former so smart , clean , and erect ; and the latter so slovenly , dirty , and slouching in gait . It is strange that the Spanish Government ...
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... ground : then followed three cheers from the troops , but all the bands playing in different keys " God save the Queen " spoilt the fine effect it would otherwise have had . There were about 16,000 men on parade ; and as they marched ...
... ground : then followed three cheers from the troops , but all the bands playing in different keys " God save the Queen " spoilt the fine effect it would otherwise have had . There were about 16,000 men on parade ; and as they marched ...
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... ground they had camped on , and yet could not find a single arm of any sort , or any uniform or accoutrements , left behind . There was one portion of ground marked off ; it was the burial - ground ; and here I counted 174 mounds of ...
... ground they had camped on , and yet could not find a single arm of any sort , or any uniform or accoutrements , left behind . There was one portion of ground marked off ; it was the burial - ground ; and here I counted 174 mounds of ...
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... ground , whence we had a mag- nificent view of the Russian position . Here the whole party dismounted , and , Turkish fashion , sat upon the ground , and in five minutes every one CHAP . II . 69 MILITARY INSPECTION .
... ground , whence we had a mag- nificent view of the Russian position . Here the whole party dismounted , and , Turkish fashion , sat upon the ground , and in five minutes every one CHAP . II . 69 MILITARY INSPECTION .
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... ground , and in five minutes every one was provided with coffee and pipes . I must say these fellows understand making themselves comfortable . We then discussed the Russian army , their probable movements , & c . & c . Nothing could be ...
... ground , and in five minutes every one was provided with coffee and pipes . I must say these fellows understand making themselves comfortable . We then discussed the Russian army , their probable movements , & c . & c . Nothing could be ...
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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