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
| Edward Farr - 1856 - 570 pages
...to their defeat. "The battle of Inkermann," says an eye-witness, "admits of no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary...despairing rallies, of desperate assaults in glens or valleys, in brushwood glades and remote dells, hidden from all human eyes, and from which the conquerors,... | |
| Henry Samuel Musgrave Hubert - 1856 - 106 pages
...the following passage will clearly show. " The battle of 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,... | |
| William Hanby Crump - 1858 - 506 pages
...struggles ever witnessed since war cursed the earth." — Russell. It is called " the Soldier's Battle ;" a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary...and valleys, in brushwood glades and remote dells. 8000 British soldiers defeated 50,000 Russians, of whom 5000 were killed, and 15,000 in all /tors df,... | |
| Sir William Howard Russell - 1858 - 710 pages
...glens and valleys, in brushWood! glades and renmote delis, amid from whicim the eonqtterors, Russiamm or British, issued only to engage fresh foes, till our old supremacy, so rud!ely assailed, was triumphaimtly asserted, and the battalions of the Czar gave way before our steady courage and time... | |
| Henry Tyrrell - 1855 - 242 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...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,... | |
| Augusta Blanche Berard - 1862 - 468 pages
...sanguinary action ensued. " The battle of Inkermann," says Russell, " admits of. no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary...and valleys, in brushwood glades and remote dells, and from which the conquerors, Russian or British, issued only to engage fresh foes," until at the... | |
| Laura Valentine - 1869 - 638 pages
...battle of Inkerman," says Dr. Russell, the Times correspondent, " 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."* The manoeuvring of a great army was utterly wanting to the interest... | |
| Army - 1869 - 614 pages
...little execution. An eye-witness declares : " The battle of Inker mann 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." * • See " The War ;" by WH RusaelL G. Routledge and Co. The fight... | |
| William Robson - 1871 - 802 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...only to engage fresh foes, till our old supremacy in the use of the bayonet, so rudely assailed in this fight, was triumphantly asserted, and the battalions... | |
| National portrait gallery - 1874 - 568 pages
...indescribable. "It was," said Mr. Russell, the accomplished and trustworthy correspondent of the Times, " 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 havis witnessed even a small portion... | |
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