Passages in the Life of a Soldier: Or, Military Service in the East and West, Volumen2Hurst and Blackett, 1857 |
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... moved about to see that all were on the alert , or he rested for a time at a traverse , or in the rifle - pit in the centre of the parallel , but always wide - awake , ready to start up and direct the men to meet a real or supposed ...
... moved about to see that all were on the alert , or he rested for a time at a traverse , or in the rifle - pit in the centre of the parallel , but always wide - awake , ready to start up and direct the men to meet a real or supposed ...
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... sea of tents in front , on the plateau overlooking Sevastopol . Parties of troops moved about on fatigue in grey linen suits , and the forage caps of their regi- ments . There were lusty and light dragoons on horseback 38 PASSAGES IN.
... sea of tents in front , on the plateau overlooking Sevastopol . Parties of troops moved about on fatigue in grey linen suits , and the forage caps of their regi- ments . There were lusty and light dragoons on horseback 38 PASSAGES IN.
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... moved out there also , and took possession of the ground about Kamara , and a green - topped and white - walled building called " the Pago- da ; " beyond these they commenced carefully and neatly to construct field works . I had ...
... moved out there also , and took possession of the ground about Kamara , and a green - topped and white - walled building called " the Pago- da ; " beyond these they commenced carefully and neatly to construct field works . I had ...
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... moved away towards the right , crossing in front of Cathcart's Hill . The dust was suffocating , and the night sultry . We marched in sections down the ravine , and whilst ob- jects were indistinctly visible , we found our- selves ...
... moved away towards the right , crossing in front of Cathcart's Hill . The dust was suffocating , and the night sultry . We marched in sections down the ravine , and whilst ob- jects were indistinctly visible , we found our- selves ...
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... moved . Ensign Glancy and another picked him up and opened his jacket , he did not bleed , but his breast was soft like wool , and a tear was in his left eye , he was quite dead , and was buried on the spot with the entrenching tools ...
... moved . Ensign Glancy and another picked him up and opened his jacket , he did not bleed , but his breast was soft like wool , and a tear was in his left eye , he was quite dead , and was buried on the spot with the entrenching tools ...
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