 Russian name, the miscreants poured a murderous volley of grape and canister on the mass of struggling men and horses, mingling friend and foe in one common ruin ! It was as much as our heavy cavalry brigade could do to cover the retreat of the miserable...  The Campaign in the Crimea: An Historical Sketch - Page 68by George Brackenbury - 1855Full view - About this book
 | 1855 - 534 pages
...heroes as they returned to the place they had so lately quitted in all the pride of life. At 11:33 not a British soldier, except the dead and dying, was left in front of those bloody Muscovite guns. Our loss, as far as it could be ascertained, in killed, wounded, and missing,... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1854 - 952 pages
...warfare of civilised nations. The Russian gunners, when the storm of cavalry passed, returned to their guns. They saw their own cavalry mingled with the...was left in front of these bloody Muscovite guns." Terrible was the result of this heroic devotion to duty ! this bravery which scorned death and won... | |
 | George Fowler - 1855 - 358 pages
...as they returned to the place they had so lately quitted in all the pride of life. At half-past 11 not a British soldier, except the dead and dying, was left in front of those terrible Muscovite guns. A braver action than was performed by this little band of heroes is... | |
 | Sir William Howard Russell - 1858 - 710 pages
...all the pride of life. At thmirty-five muminute.s past eheveum umot a British soldier, except time dead and dying, was left in front of these bloody Muscovite guns. Captain Nolan, as ime rode in advammce of time first line, cheering tlmenm oum, was killed by time... | |
 | Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pages
...miserable remnants of the band of heroes as they returned to the place they had so lately quitted. At thirty-five minutes past eleven not a British soldier,...except the dead and dying, was left in front of these guns. fiussell. PROGRESS OF TRADB. How trade has expanded since the Anglo-Saxon time, when Billingsgate... | |
 | Arthur Bailey Thompson - 1865 - 748 pages
...storm of cavalry passed, returned to their guns. They saw their own cavalry mingled with the troops who had just ridden over them, and, to the eternal...was left in front of these bloody Muscovite guns." WHISTLING DICK. "The heavy frigate which has been dodging our batteries so cleverly, gave a taste of... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 pages
...miserable remnants of the band of heroes as they returned to the place they had so lately quitted. At thirty-five minutes past eleven not a British soldier,...except the dead and dying, was left in front of these guns. Russell. PROGRESS OF TRADE. How trade has expanded since the Anglo-Saxon time, when Billingsgate... | |
 | 1866 - 408 pages
...miserable remnants of the band of heroes as they returned to the place they had so lately quitted. At thirty-five minutes past eleven not a British soldier,...except the dead and dying, was left in front of these guns. WH RUSSELL. BATTLE OP MARATHON. To the left of the Athenians was a low chain of hills, clothed... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 pages
...remnants of the band of heroes as they returned to the place they had so lately quitted. At thirty -five minutes past eleven not a British soldier, except the dead and dying, was left in front of these guns. WH RUSSELL. BATTLE OP MARATHON. To the left of the Athenians was a low chain of hills, clothed... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 pages
...miserable remnants of the band of heroes as they returned to the place they had so lately quitted. At thirty-five minutes past eleven, not a British...soldier, except the dead and. dying, was left in front of the Russian guns. • The "historic present," which is here introduced, is always of the nature of... | |
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