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" 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 236
1856
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The Collegiate, School, and Family History of England

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,...
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Readings for the Thoughtful

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,...
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The World in a Pocket Book, Or, Universal Popular Statistics: Embracing ...

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,...
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The British Expedition to the Crimea

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...
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The History of the War with Russia: Giving Full Details of ..., Volume 1, Part 2

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,...
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School History of England

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...
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Sea fights and land battles: from Alfred to Victoria

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...
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The great battles of the British army

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...
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The Great Sieges of History

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...
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The national portrait gallery [plates, with descriptive letterpress].

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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