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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... guns , and on 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 ...
... guns , and on 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 ...
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... guns from all the ships of war at anchor . It seemed as if it would never end . A great waste of powder I think ; why can't he be content with a royal salute ? Prince Napoleon has a palace of the Sultan's , on the European side of the ...
... guns from all the ships of war at anchor . It seemed as if it would never end . A great waste of powder I think ; why can't he be content with a royal salute ? Prince Napoleon has a palace of the Sultan's , on the European side of the ...
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... gun to bear upon the Russian battery , as most of her guns had already been thrown over- board , in order to lighten the ship . Of course it ended in the crew being taken prisoners by the Rus- sians , namely 260 men . The " Tiger " blew ...
... gun to bear upon the Russian battery , as most of her guns had already been thrown over- board , in order to lighten the ship . Of course it ended in the crew being taken prisoners by the Rus- sians , namely 260 men . The " Tiger " blew ...
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... guns and ma- terial . Lord Raglan immediately sent off two of his aides - de - camp to Devna , with orders to Lord Cardigan , commanding the Light Brigade , to take three squadrons of cavalry and make a reconnaissance and patrol into ...
... guns and ma- terial . Lord Raglan immediately sent off two of his aides - de - camp to Devna , with orders to Lord Cardigan , commanding the Light Brigade , to take three squadrons of cavalry and make a reconnaissance and patrol into ...
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... guns of the fortress commence firing . It was a salute to Omer Pasha , who was now approaching the town . We therefore turned our horses towards where he was coming . I rode up to him with General Cannon , who introduced me to his ...
... guns of the fortress commence firing . It was a salute to Omer Pasha , who was now approaching the town . We therefore turned our horses towards where he was coming . I rode up to him with General Cannon , who introduced me to his ...
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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