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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... looked dry and parched up , and , with the least breath of wind , the dust rose in clouds . We left Gibraltar the same evening , and steamed into the Mediterranean with a fair wind , the sea running rather high . The next day ( 15th ) ...
... looked dry and parched up , and , with the least breath of wind , the dust rose in clouds . We left Gibraltar the same evening , and steamed into the Mediterranean with a fair wind , the sea running rather high . The next day ( 15th ) ...
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... the Seraskier Pasha ( Commander - in - chief ) . We had about 11,000 men on parade , under the com- mand of Sir De Lacy Evans ; the troops looked very well , although not quite so clean as in CHAP . I. 17 SCUTARI BARRACKS .
... the Seraskier Pasha ( Commander - in - chief ) . We had about 11,000 men on parade , under the com- mand of Sir De Lacy Evans ; the troops looked very well , although not quite so clean as in CHAP . I. 17 SCUTARI BARRACKS .
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... looked foolish ; he is rather fat , with a very vacant expression of countenance ; and dressed simply , with no ornament whatever ; he was followed by a large staff of fat pashas and officers in magnificent uniforms . Some one told me ...
... looked foolish ; he is rather fat , with a very vacant expression of countenance ; and dressed simply , with no ornament whatever ; he was followed by a large staff of fat pashas and officers in magnificent uniforms . Some one told me ...
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... were 12 officers and 202 privates , all belong- ing to the Russian artillery . I believe they were taken by one of our ships off the coast of Circassia . The officers looked very dirty and grim ; the men 44 CHAP . I. MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS .
... were 12 officers and 202 privates , all belong- ing to the Russian artillery . I believe they were taken by one of our ships off the coast of Circassia . The officers looked very dirty and grim ; the men 44 CHAP . I. MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS .
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... looked fagged as they marched past ; they were , however , a fine body of men : they appeared very small after our own men , but I must confess quite as soldierlike . The Sultan looked rather more animated than I ever saw him before ...
... looked fagged as they marched past ; they were , however , a fine body of men : they appeared very small after our own men , but I must confess quite as soldierlike . The Sultan looked rather more animated than I ever saw him before ...
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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