Passages in the Life of a Soldier: Or, Military Service in the East and West, Volumen2Hurst and Blackett, 1857 |
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... Fall of Sevastopol 175-216 • • CHAPTER VII . The Great Redan after the Assault - Danger from Maga- zines in Sevastopol - the Streets - The Creek Battery- The booty in the City - Story connected with Kazarski's Monument - The great ...
... Fall of Sevastopol 175-216 • • CHAPTER VII . The Great Redan after the Assault - Danger from Maga- zines in Sevastopol - the Streets - The Creek Battery- The booty in the City - Story connected with Kazarski's Monument - The great ...
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... fall of the place , did two bodies of trench guards , 2,300 and 1,500 strong , march down the centre ravine and the Valley of Death to relieve those on duty in the trenches the previous twenty - four hours . A general was daily on duty ...
... fall of the place , did two bodies of trench guards , 2,300 and 1,500 strong , march down the centre ravine and the Valley of Death to relieve those on duty in the trenches the previous twenty - four hours . A general was daily on duty ...
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... falling plump on the roof , would probably have penetrated it as it was , shot and shell struck the outside repeatedly , and men were killed all about it . It was a hot place for fire , and hot inside , in June , July and August , from ...
... falling plump on the roof , would probably have penetrated it as it was , shot and shell struck the outside repeatedly , and men were killed all about it . It was a hot place for fire , and hot inside , in June , July and August , from ...
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... fall of the city ) , for then that most formidable work , the Creek Battery , with its ship - guns , musketry , five lines of trous de loup , and mines , besides the cross fire from both flanks , would have caused double the amount of ...
... fall of the city ) , for then that most formidable work , the Creek Battery , with its ship - guns , musketry , five lines of trous de loup , and mines , besides the cross fire from both flanks , would have caused double the amount of ...
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... have a fair stand - up fight as at Alma , Inkerman , and Balaklava ; at last they did so on the Tchernaya . I shall allude to this hereafter , also to the bloody day of the 18th June , and the fall of the strong 30 PASSAGES IN.
... have a fair stand - up fight as at Alma , Inkerman , and Balaklava ; at last they did so on the Tchernaya . I shall allude to this hereafter , also to the bloody day of the 18th June , and the fall of the strong 30 PASSAGES IN.
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