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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... opened upon the unhappy steamer , and the first shot took off one of poor Captain Gifford's legs , and the second shot both the legs of a midshipman and killed him on the spot . The " Tiger " could only bring one gun to bear upon the ...
... opened upon the unhappy steamer , and the first shot took off one of poor Captain Gifford's legs , and the second shot both the legs of a midshipman and killed him on the spot . The " Tiger " could only bring one gun to bear upon the ...
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... with great labour that entrenchments of any strength can be opened , and therefore the siege would in all probability be much protracted beyond the usual time necessary for the reduction of a for- CHAP . III . 95 PROPOSED OPERATIONS .
... with great labour that entrenchments of any strength can be opened , and therefore the siege would in all probability be much protracted beyond the usual time necessary for the reduction of a for- CHAP . III . 95 PROPOSED OPERATIONS .
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... opened in the centre , and wheeled back right and left , and dis- covered a battery of guns . One of these was instantly fired — the first gun of the campaign . It was beautifully done , and did great credit to Rus- sian drill . Of ...
... opened in the centre , and wheeled back right and left , and dis- covered a battery of guns . One of these was instantly fired — the first gun of the campaign . It was beautifully done , and did great credit to Rus- sian drill . Of ...
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... opened fire on the Russians , but they had hardly sufficient range to be of much service . Some rockets were also fired , which we afterwards heard caused the enemy some VOL . I. I confusion . The Russians kept a certain number of guns ...
... opened fire on the Russians , but they had hardly sufficient range to be of much service . Some rockets were also fired , which we afterwards heard caused the enemy some VOL . I. I confusion . The Russians kept a certain number of guns ...
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... opened upon them with grape and canister . In spite of the numbers mowed down , the remainder never flinched , but kept up a telling fire upon the Russian gunners . On they went , and after a time actually reached the Russian battery ...
... opened upon them with grape and canister . In spite of the numbers mowed down , the remainder never flinched , but kept up a telling fire upon the Russian gunners . On they went , and after a time actually reached the Russian battery ...
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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