A Voice from Within the Walls of Sebastopol: A Narrative of the Campaign in the Crimea, and of the Events of the SiegeJohn Murray, 1856 - 252 Seiten |
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... thought his diet required improve- ment . The rest of the money goes for various stoppages : there is 1 kopecks for the barber of the company ; about three kopecks for an image of some saint belonging to the regiment , before which a ...
... thought his diet required improve- ment . The rest of the money goes for various stoppages : there is 1 kopecks for the barber of the company ; about three kopecks for an image of some saint belonging to the regiment , before which a ...
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... superior ; in the original Russian it is " rebiata . " " Batushka " means father , and is a term of respect applied to priests , & c . demeanour , and said little about what they thought of 32 Chap . II . SPIRIT OF THE TROOPS .
... superior ; in the original Russian it is " rebiata . " " Batushka " means father , and is a term of respect applied to priests , & c . demeanour , and said little about what they thought of 32 Chap . II . SPIRIT OF THE TROOPS .
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... thought of doing in the hour of danger , proved the first on the field of battle ; while the boasters were for the ... thought of matters . I said , I thought the Allies knew all that was going on in our camp , and what our actual ...
... thought of doing in the hour of danger , proved the first on the field of battle ; while the boasters were for the ... thought of matters . I said , I thought the Allies knew all that was going on in our camp , and what our actual ...
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... thought that in a few minutes we should be engaged in a mortal struggle . I tried , however , to hide this feeling , of which I was ashamed , from my men . After all , I don't think it was cowardice - it might have been the effect of ...
... thought that in a few minutes we should be engaged in a mortal struggle . I tried , however , to hide this feeling , of which I was ashamed , from my men . After all , I don't think it was cowardice - it might have been the effect of ...
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... thought was not possible , as our General ought to have known it , and sent a stronger party . Again , it could not be a single company that thus ran the risk of being cut off ; yet I could not imagine that if they were simply marauders ...
... thought was not possible , as our General ought to have known it , and sent a stronger party . Again , it could not be a single company that thus ran the risk of being cut off ; yet I could not imagine that if they were simply marauders ...
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16th division 1st brigade 2nd brigade advance aide-de-camp Allies Alma arrived artillery asked attack Bakchi Sarai Balaclava bastion battalion battery battle of Alma battle of Inkerman began Belbek Captain cavalry Chorgoun Colonel columns command Cossacks Crimea crossed defence duty enemy enemy's English Eupatoria Fcap fire fleet French gabions Grand Dukes harbour heights hill History horses Katcha killed Kiriakoff Korniloff left flank light battery Liprandi LORD ment Minsk morning moved never night o'clock obliged occupied officers Plan Plates Portrait position Post 8vo Prince Gortchakoff Prince Menschikoff ravine regi regiment of Borodino regiment of Boutirsk regiment of Moscow remarked retire retreat river road rode Römer round shot Russian army Russian soldier sailors Second Edition sent Sevastopol Severnaya shell ships shot side Simpheropol sotnias steamers talions Tatars tery Third Edition took Totleben town transport troops versts village Volkhoff Vols Woodcuts wounded
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