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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... received orders to land at Scutari , on the Asiatic side . But I must go back to the day we left Malta ( 19th ) . We quitted the harbour in the afternoon ; the sea was as smooth as if oil had been poured on it , yet with such a swell ...
... received orders to land at Scutari , on the Asiatic side . But I must go back to the day we left Malta ( 19th ) . We quitted the harbour in the afternoon ; the sea was as smooth as if oil had been poured on it , yet with such a swell ...
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... received orders to proceed immediately up to Constantinople— much to our joy , as Gallipoli was anything but a desirable- looking residence . There are at Gallipoli six Eng- lish regiments and some sappers , in all perhaps 5800 men ...
... received orders to proceed immediately up to Constantinople— much to our joy , as Gallipoli was anything but a desirable- looking residence . There are at Gallipoli six Eng- lish regiments and some sappers , in all perhaps 5800 men ...
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... received us most kindly . Pera is just the same as when I was here three years ago ; not one bit improved : the streets as narrow and as badly paved , the same number of miserable- looking dogs blocking up the way , the same cun- ning ...
... received us most kindly . Pera is just the same as when I was here three years ago ; not one bit improved : the streets as narrow and as badly paved , the same number of miserable- looking dogs blocking up the way , the same cun- ning ...
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... received us with all Oriental politeness , and we smoked and drank coffee after the manner of the East . I sleep to - night on board , but I hope to - morrow to get established in the barracks . I will end with the parting words of the ...
... received us with all Oriental politeness , and we smoked and drank coffee after the manner of the East . I sleep to - night on board , but I hope to - morrow to get established in the barracks . I will end with the parting words of the ...
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... received with that civility that one always meets with from the officers of the Royal Navy . We found that the salute we had just before seen fired was in honour of Lord Raglan , who had arrived in the " Emu " steam - transport , having ...
... received with that civility that one always meets with from the officers of the Royal Navy . We found that the salute we had just before seen fired was in honour of Lord Raglan , who had arrived in the " Emu " steam - transport , having ...
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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