The Invasion of the Crimea: From the opening of Pelissier's command to the death of Lord Raglan. 1st ed. 1887W. Blackwood and sons, 1887 |
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... ment . III . Now Pélissier - intent on the Faubourg - had no Pélissier ; mind to carry Sebastopol by breaking in through its town front ; and he well may have seen with regret that this Russian challenge invited him to conflicts VOL ...
... ment . III . Now Pélissier - intent on the Faubourg - had no Pélissier ; mind to carry Sebastopol by breaking in through its town front ; and he well may have seen with regret that this Russian challenge invited him to conflicts VOL ...
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... ment ; but formidable masses of Russians ' ( it is Pélissier who speaks ) came up from the ravine be- low , and , fighting with an extraordinary obstinacy , proved able to recapture the Work . ture . The Cen- tral under French siege ...
... ment ; but formidable masses of Russians ' ( it is Pélissier who speaks ) came up from the ravine be- low , and , fighting with an extraordinary obstinacy , proved able to recapture the Work . ture . The Cen- tral under French siege ...
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... ment when captured , the men of their working- ' parties ' were swift to lay down their tools , to stand to their arms , and thenceforth - not sparing their labour to labour only as combatants . To the Russians new fire was imparted by ...
... ment when captured , the men of their working- ' parties ' were swift to lay down their tools , to stand to their arms , and thenceforth - not sparing their labour to labour only as combatants . To the Russians new fire was imparted by ...
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... Marshal Vaillant , the chief of the War Depart- ment , placed ' absolute ' confidence in Pélissier ; but not being the Minister of a constitutional State , III . he could hardly exert his official power in 26 PERSISTENCY.
... Marshal Vaillant , the chief of the War Depart- ment , placed ' absolute ' confidence in Pélissier ; but not being the Minister of a constitutional State , III . he could hardly exert his official power in 26 PERSISTENCY.
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... ment was or might be a feint ; and , although resting simply on inference , his belief was no whit less dis- tracting than a feint really made . The sight of an IV . CHAP . armada approaching the landing - place EXPEDITION TO KERTCH . 41.
... ment was or might be a feint ; and , although resting simply on inference , his belief was no whit less dis- tracting than a feint really made . The sight of an IV . CHAP . armada approaching the landing - place EXPEDITION TO KERTCH . 41.
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18th of June action advance afterwards Allies Anapa army artillery assailants assault attack battalions Berdiansk besiegers bombardment brave brought Canrobert CHAP Chasseurs chief Colonel column counter-approach course Crimea Crown 8vo Czar d'Autemarre defence despatch effect Emperor enemy enemy's engaged Engineers English commander Eupatoria expedition Faubourg fight fire flank force fortress French troops front garrison Gerald Graham Gervais Battery Government ground guns Headquarters honour infantry Inkerman Kalé Karabelnaya Kertch Khrouleff ladders Lieutenant Lord Panmure Lord Rag Lord Raglan Lord West loss Louis Napoleon Lunette Malakoff mand Marshal Vaillant ment morning Mount Inkerman Niel night o'clock officer Omar Pasha once operations orders parapet Pélis Pélissier proved Redan Redoubts regiment resistance Rousset Russians sailors Sea of Azof Sebastopol seemed seized siege siege-guns sier Sir George Brown soldiers squadron strength Taganrog tion Todleben town vessels victory VIII Volhynia warlike whilst whole wounded СНАР
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