 Inkermann admits of no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary hand-to-hand fights, of despairing rallies, of desperate assaults — in glens and valleys, in brushwood glades and remote dells, hidden from all human eyes,...  British Almanac and Companion - Page 2361856Full view - About this book
 | Scotland Church of - 1855 - 392 pages
...Inkerman, and to turn the British right. The battle raged. It became a series of daring encounters, of desperate assaults in glens and valleys, in brushwood glades and remote dells, from which the troops, after a trying encounter, emerged only to engage fresh foes, amidst vapours,... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1854 - 952 pages
...us with incredible fury and determination. The battle of Inkermann admits of no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary...battalions of the czar gave way before our steady courage and the chivalrous fire of France. No one, however placed, could have witnessed even a small portion... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1854 - 520 pages
...\vith incredible fury and determination. " The battle of Inkermann admits of no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary...from all human eyes, and from which the conquerors, Kussian or British, issued only to engage fresh foes, till our old supremacy, so rudely assailed, was... | |
 | Lloyd's patriotic fund - 1854 - 206 pages
...imperishable renown. The battle of Inkermann, it has been justly observed, " admits of no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary...hand-to-hand fights, of despairing rallies, of desperate assanlts — in glens and vallies, in brushwood glades and remote dells, hidden from all human eyes,... | |
 | 1855 - 440 pages
...British with incredible fury and determination." The battle of Inkerman admits of no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary...Russian or British, issued, only to engage fresh foes. It was essentially a struggle between pluck and confidence, against fearful odds and obstinate courage.... | |
 | William Robson - 1855 - 684 pages
...and all failed. " The Battle of Inkermann," says its historian, " admits of no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary...from all human eyes, and from which the conquerors, Eussian or British, issued only to engage fresh foes, till our old supremacy in the use of the bayonet,... | |
 | George Fowler - 1855 - 358 pages
...battle of Inkermann was a series of dreadful deeds of daring and sanguinary hand-to-hand fights, and of desperate assaults in glens and valleys, in brushwood...dells, hidden from all human eyes, and from which the conqueror, Russian or British, issued only to engage fresh foes. The old supremacy of the British bayonet... | |
 | 1855 - 158 pages
...THE COMBATANTS. The battle of Inkermann, says another eye-witness, admits of no description. K was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary...of desperate assaults — in glens and valleys, in brushwood-glades and remote dells, hidden from all human eyes, and from which the conquerors, Russians... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 pages
...British with incredible fury and determination.' The battle of Inkerman admits of no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary...Russian or British, issued, only to engage fresh foes. No one, however placed, could have witnessed even a small portion of the doings of this eventful day,... | |
 | 1856 - 270 pages
...charged with incredible fury and determination. The battle of Inkermann admits of no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary...despairing rallies, of desperate assaults, in glens, brush-wood glades, and dells, from which the conquerors, Russian or British, issued, only to engage... | |
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