A Month in the Camp Before SebastopolLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855 - 125 pages |
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... 50 LETTER VI . Russian Reconnoissance ― Sharpshooters - Volunteers - Soldiers and Sailors - A Contrast- " The Eve of the Bombardment " -Opening of Bombardment - Lancaster CONTENTS . vii Guns - Round Tower - Narrow Escape.
... 50 LETTER VI . Russian Reconnoissance ― Sharpshooters - Volunteers - Soldiers and Sailors - A Contrast- " The Eve of the Bombardment " -Opening of Bombardment - Lancaster CONTENTS . vii Guns - Round Tower - Narrow Escape.
Page vii
Henry Jeffreys Bushby. CONTENTS . vii Guns - Round Tower - Narrow Escape - Explosion- Ships - The Trenches - Prevailing Malady Page 70 LETTER VII . Share of Ships in the Bombardment - Order of Battle- Place of each Ship - French and ...
Henry Jeffreys Bushby. CONTENTS . vii Guns - Round Tower - Narrow Escape - Explosion- Ships - The Trenches - Prevailing Malady Page 70 LETTER VII . Share of Ships in the Bombardment - Order of Battle- Place of each Ship - French and ...
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... guns of the vessel got unlim- bered in the storm , and a beam , to which the horses were tied , fell and crushed crowds of the poor creatures beneath it . One ( a fine mare ) leapt overboard ; others were shot , by the violence of the ...
... guns of the vessel got unlim- bered in the storm , and a beam , to which the horses were tied , fell and crushed crowds of the poor creatures beneath it . One ( a fine mare ) leapt overboard ; others were shot , by the violence of the ...
Page 38
... their tents after morning parade . Persons who have not tried it , might sup- pose , that the pounding from the fort - guns . would act as an earlier reveillé . But to this A RUSSIAN VISITOR . 39 the ear becomes habituated almost.
... their tents after morning parade . Persons who have not tried it , might sup- pose , that the pounding from the fort - guns . would act as an earlier reveillé . But to this A RUSSIAN VISITOR . 39 the ear becomes habituated almost.
Page 39
... guns that they cannot carry anything like the distance , unless fired at a great elevation . When this is the case , accuracy of aim is out of the question ; and even if a ball does pay you a visit , it descends from such a height that ...
... guns that they cannot carry anything like the distance , unless fired at a great elevation . When this is the case , accuracy of aim is out of the question ; and even if a ball does pay you a visit , it descends from such a height that ...
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