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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... Harbour , April 14 , 1854 . We arrived here an hour ago , six A.M. , having made thus far a most successful voyage , going at the rate of ten knots per hour all the way . We have had calm weather until yesterday . During last night we ...
... Harbour , April 14 , 1854 . We arrived here an hour ago , six A.M. , having made thus far a most successful voyage , going at the rate of ten knots per hour all the way . We have had calm weather until yesterday . During last night we ...
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... 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 rode up to the signal ...
... 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 rode up to the signal ...
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... not feed , and some showed symptoms of fever . At this moment ( 1.30 P.M. ) we are off Cape Bon the sea is every minute getting more calm . I will finish this at Malta . Malta Harbour , April 19 , 1854 . We arrived CHAP . I. 7 GIBRALTAR .
... not feed , and some showed symptoms of fever . At this moment ( 1.30 P.M. ) we are off Cape Bon the sea is every minute getting more calm . I will finish this at Malta . Malta Harbour , April 19 , 1854 . We arrived CHAP . I. 7 GIBRALTAR .
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... Harbour , April 19 , 1854 . We arrived here shortly before eleven o'clock this morning . The entrance to the harbour is very fine , and to an unpractised eye looks excessively strong ; but I am told there are some great defects in it ...
... Harbour , April 19 , 1854 . We arrived here shortly before eleven o'clock this morning . The entrance to the harbour is very fine , and to an unpractised eye looks excessively strong ; but I am told there are some great defects in it ...
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... harbour , coming from the west . The cathedral is fine , and well worth a visit : we were fortunate in finding the floor un- covered , which is not always the case , and therefore saw the beautifully inlaid monuments to the Knights ...
... harbour , coming from the west . The cathedral is fine , and well worth a visit : we were fortunate in finding the floor un- covered , which is not always the case , and therefore saw the beautifully inlaid monuments to the Knights ...
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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