The Invasion of the Crimea: Battle of Balaclava. 2d ed. 1868

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W. Blackwood and sons, 1868
 

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General Scarlett
76
Sir Colin Campbells force at the gorge
81
Jabrokritskys force approaching and preparing to occupy
83
Their slight nature
87
The primary object of the contemplated attack
93
They had really found comparative security by driving into
94
Our outlying picket did not detect the enemys advance and
100
Advance of the Russian cavalry and the batteries it escorted
101
Overwhelming strength of the Russians in numbers
108
Liprandi abstains from seizing the occasion
111
III
115
He withdraws his men to the foot of the hillock and orders them
123
Ground which had been reached by the Inniskillings and Greys
129
Ground taken to the right
135
His decision
137
Its wellexecuted manœuvre
141
He seeks to provide a force which might in some degree counteract
145
Distance at this time between Scarlett and the enemys column
151
Scarlett in the column
155
The old phrase of accepting the files
163
Demeanour of the Russian horsemen
172
The tendency of the three hundred to work their way counter
178
Lord Lucan
184
The melley formed in the part of the column attacked by the
193
The 4th Dragoon Guards
199
Distinguishing characteristics of Scarletts attack
205
Casualties in Lord Cardigans Staff
268
The near approach of our first line to the battery
282
Morriss charge
286
His advance toward a large body of Russian cavalry
292
His retreat
298
His halt
304
Moderate extent of his losses in proportion to the service rendered
309
Farther advance of Lord George Paget
315
The need of fresh troops in order to clench the victory
320
The question now forced upon his attention
324
Colonel Shewell the senior officer in this emergency
330
Position of the interposed force
342
The two retreating regiments after passing through the barrier
346
The escape of Sir George Wombwell
352
The supposed fate of Captain Lockwood
359
The small number of prisoners taken by the Russians
360
Liprandis questions respecting the exploit of the Light Brigade
366
The determination of the Allies
373
XIII
379
SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER
385
The sworn testimony by which his assertion is encountered
391
Memorandum on the Climate of the Crimea by
397
Statement laid before Mr Kinglake by Lord Cardigan
403
General Scarletts Staff
413
The Nature of the Litigation in the Suit of the Earl
425
ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME IV

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TitelThe Invasion of the Crimea: Battle of Balaclava. 2d ed. 1868
Band 4 von The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan, Alexander William Kinglake
Autor/inAlexander William Kinglake
VerlagW. Blackwood and sons, 1868
Original vonUniversity of Michigan
Digitalisiert17. Sept. 2007
  
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