Letters from Head-quarters: Or, the Realities of the War in the Crimea, Volumen1J. Murray, 1857 - 459 páginas |
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Página 312 - Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy, and try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns. Troop of Horse Artillery may accompany. French cavalry is on your left.
Página 231 - Raglan first met General Canrobert in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the French army. batteries in front of the town. Sir George had pitched his tent in a stone-quarry, and it was just in front of it that he and his staff were partaking of their dinner. All at once they heard " Whiz — whiz —whiz— WHIZ, BANG!" and a shell exploded a few feet from them, to their intense disgust and the discomfiture of their dinner arrangements. On this being repeated a second time, they thought it more...
Página 67 - HT Butler, of the 55th regiment — selected for employment on the Quartermaster-General's Staff, when the army first embarked for Turkey, solely on account of the ability he had shown in his studies at the Royal Military College. I trust CHAP.
Página 416 - A sergeant approached us, carrying canteens of water to take up for the wounded, and as Lord Raglan passed, he drew himself up to make the usual salute, when a round shot came bounding over the hill, and knocked his forage-cap off his head. The man calmly picked up his cap, dusted it on his knee, placed it carefully on his head, and then made the military salute, and all without moving a muscle of his countenance. Lord Raglan was delighted with the man's coolness, and said to him, "A near thing that,...
Página 177 - Highlanders again on their left. This magnificent division — the flower of the British army — had crossed the river rather higher up than the Light Division, and consequently were on its left. The attention of the enemy being chiefly taken up in repelling the attack of Sir George Brown, the 1st Division had formed-up after crossing the Alma ; and although they incurred considerable loss in so doing, they nevertheless advanced in most beautiful order; really as if on parade. I never shall forget...
Página 216 - ... consequently, in a few moments the ground was strewed with every sort of thing — handsome Hussar uniforms, rich fur cloaks, every kind of under garment, VOL. I. L male and female. Several wigs I saw being offered for sale, amidst the laughter of the men. French books and novels of an improper kind were not unfrequently met with in the baggage of the Russian officers.
Página 182 - There was such a shaking of hands; one felt very choky about the throat, and very much inclined to cry, as one wrung the hand of a friend; and 'God bless you, old fellow — so glad to see you all right!' and like expressions, were heard on every side between brother officers. It was a touching sight to see the meeting between Lord Raglan and Sir Colin Campbell. The latter was on foot, as his horse had been killed in the earlier part of the action. He went up to his lordship, and, with tears in his...
Página 42 - I don t know how it is, but the reporters of the English journals have made themselves very unpopular. They appear to try and find fault whenever they can, and throw as much blame and contempt on the English authorities as if their object was to bring the British army into disrepute with our allies. Altogether they seem to write in a bad spirit, and in a manner calculated to occasion much discontent and grumbling among the troops, and therefore tending to injure the discipline of the army. A few...
Página 314 - Letters from headquarters, or the realities of the War in the Crimea, by an officer on the staff, 2 vols. Murray, 1856. Here in a few words is a picture of the horrors of war. At Balaklava, — Captain Nolan galloped some way in front of his brigade . . . was the first man killed ; some grape-shot hit him in the chest ; his horse turned and carried him to the rear through our advancing squadrons. His screams were heard far above the din of battle, and he fell dead from his saddle near the spot where...
Página 305 - Kamara ; some were also hid from our view, between it and Canrobert's Hill ; whilst opposite, extending from there to the Tchernaya river, were several battalions of infantry, three or four batteries, and another large body of Cossacks ; and on some high ground close to the river, projecting into the valley, was a battery of eight guns, supported by a regiment of infantry. On seeing these preparations on the part of the Russians, Lord Raglan ordered the brigade of light cavalry to take post on the...