 ... at a salient pinnacle where their right rested, and whence the descent to the plain was more gradual. The front was about two miles in extent. " Across the mouth of this great opening, is a lower ridge at different heights, varying from 60 to 150...  The Campaign in the Crimea: An Historical Sketch - Page 17by George Brackenbury - 1855Full view - About this book
 | 1855 - 534 pages
...of the enemy rested, and whence the descent to the plain was more gradual. Aci oss their front was a lower ridge at different heights, varying from 60...parallel to the river, and at distances from it of 700 yards. The river itself is generally fordable, but ita banks are extremely rugged, and in most... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1854 - 520 pages
...and, turning thence round a great amphitheatre or wide valley, terminates at a salient pinnacle, where their right rested, and whence the descent to the...heights, varying from 60 to 150 feet, parallel to the riwr, and at distances from it of from 600 to 800 yards. The river itself is generally fordable for... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1854 - 952 pages
...and, turning thence round a great amphitheatre or wide valley, terminates at a salient pinnacle, where their right rested, and whence the descent to the plain was more gradual. The front waa about two miles in extent. " Across the mouth of this great opening is a lower ridge at different... | |
 | George Ryan - 1855 - 210 pages
...and turning thence round a great amphitheatre or wide valley, terminated at a salient pinnacle, where their right rested, and whence the descent to the...to the river, and at distances from it of from 600 Jo 800 yards. The river itself is generally fordable for troops, but its banks are extremely rugged,... | |
 | 1855 - 1462 pages
...and turning thence round a great amphitheatre or wide valley, terminates at a salient pinnacle where their right rested, and whence the descent to the...is a lower ridge at different heights, varying from 6') to 150 feet, parallel to the river, and at distances from it of from 600 to 800 yards. The river... | |
 | War office - 1859 - 332 pages
...and turning thence round a great amphitheatre or wide valley, terminates at a salient pinnacle, where their right rested, and whence the descent to the...lower ridge at different heights, varying from 60 to 100 feet, parallel to the river, and at distances from it of from 600 to 800 yards. The river itself... | |
 | War office - 1859 - 354 pages
...and turning thence round a great amphitheatre or wide valley, terminates at a salient pinnacle, where their right rested, and whence the descent to the...two miles in extent. Across the mouth of this great openlng is a lower ridge at different heights, varying from 60 to 100 feet, parallel to the river,... | |
 | Thomas Carter - 1861 - 228 pages
...and turning thence round a spacious amphitheatre, or wide valley, ended at a salient pinnacle, where their right rested, and whence the descent to the...in extent. Across the mouth of this great opening occurred a low ridge of different heights, from sixty to one hundred feet, distant about six hundred... | |
 | Thomas Carter - 1861 - 644 pages
...and turning thence round a spacious amphitheatre, or wide valley, ended at a salient piunacle, where their right rested, and whence the descent to the...in extent. Across the mouth of this great opening occurred a low ridge of different heights, from sixty to one hundred feet, distant about six hundred... | |
 | Alexander William Kinglake - 1868 - 584 pages
...composing the in-shore squadron, were ranging in a single line which ran nearly parallel with the shore, and at distances from it of from 600 to 800 yards. The main division. Meanwhile the main division had been coming into line ; and indeed the Queen, which... | |
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