Passages in the Life of a Soldier: Or, Military Service in the East and West, Volumen2Hurst and Blackett, 1857 |
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... smoke suffocating . Our people's blood was up ; they stood up bravely to their work , and cried , " Let us jump over the parapet and meet them . They're coming on ! " Soon , however , some of them were groan- ing and bleeding in the ...
... smoke suffocating . Our people's blood was up ; they stood up bravely to their work , and cried , " Let us jump over the parapet and meet them . They're coming on ! " Soon , however , some of them were groan- ing and bleeding in the ...
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... smoke " into thin air . " A valuable addition to a tent is an Algerine gourbie , that is , an oblong leafy bower set up beside it , a few upright stakes with boughs wattled between them , a flat roof of branches , and a door and window ...
... smoke " into thin air . " A valuable addition to a tent is an Algerine gourbie , that is , an oblong leafy bower set up beside it , a few upright stakes with boughs wattled between them , a flat roof of branches , and a door and window ...
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... smoke and the fray , whilst the reverberation among the rocks and caves , and deep ravines of the Woronzoff Road leading into Sevastopol , and the Valley of Death , were grand and sublime . One became irresistibly impressed with the ...
... smoke and the fray , whilst the reverberation among the rocks and caves , and deep ravines of the Woronzoff Road leading into Sevastopol , and the Valley of Death , were grand and sublime . One became irresistibly impressed with the ...
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... smoke and an explosion soon drew my attention to the left . One of our people had trodden on the glass tube of a Russian fougasse or powder box , sunk in the ground , and which in some instances occasioned fatal effects . On searching ...
... smoke and an explosion soon drew my attention to the left . One of our people had trodden on the glass tube of a Russian fougasse or powder box , sunk in the ground , and which in some instances occasioned fatal effects . On searching ...
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... smoke , which next waved like a gigantic aërial serpent , and then went to leeward as a white cloud . Three French and four English steamers approached the works , got within 2,000 yards , fired their heavy guns in succession for some ...
... smoke , which next waved like a gigantic aërial serpent , and then went to leeward as a white cloud . Three French and four English steamers approached the works , got within 2,000 yards , fired their heavy guns in succession for some ...
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