The North British Review, Volumen41W. P. Kennedy, 1864 |
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... distances can be cleared with such celerity , that neither infantry nor cavalry disposed along the coast can ever keep pace with the steamers of their foes . Railroads alone can , to a certain extent , give means of remedying this ...
... distances can be cleared with such celerity , that neither infantry nor cavalry disposed along the coast can ever keep pace with the steamers of their foes . Railroads alone can , to a certain extent , give means of remedying this ...
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... distance , opened a deadly fire on them . After losing their colonel and several other officers , they retired towards the earthwork in such a manner as to prevent the batteries from covering their retreat . Close upon their heels ...
... distance , opened a deadly fire on them . After losing their colonel and several other officers , they retired towards the earthwork in such a manner as to prevent the batteries from covering their retreat . Close upon their heels ...
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... distance , some of the Russian batteries being so placed that their guns could not be brought to bear on vessels at short range . But , on the other hand , their elevation was in their favour , and the plunging shot of the Star Fort ...
... distance , some of the Russian batteries being so placed that their guns could not be brought to bear on vessels at short range . But , on the other hand , their elevation was in their favour , and the plunging shot of the Star Fort ...
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... distance is too great ; the Russians are not checked , but still sweep onwards through the smoke with the whole force of horse and man , here and there knocked over by the shot of our batteries above . With breathless suspense every one ...
... distance is too great ; the Russians are not checked , but still sweep onwards through the smoke with the whole force of horse and man , here and there knocked over by the shot of our batteries above . With breathless suspense every one ...
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... Battery No. 1. The English allowed our chasseurs to approach within 1 Sir de Lacy - Evans was absent from illness at the commencement of the action , but immediately hurried to the field . a short distance , and received them by a salvo.
... Battery No. 1. The English allowed our chasseurs to approach within 1 Sir de Lacy - Evans was absent from illness at the commencement of the action , but immediately hurried to the field . a short distance , and received them by a salvo.
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