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Title: The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Perce, Elbert, 1831-1869
Subjects: Battles
Publisher: New York, Mason brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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till his strength failed liim. His face could beseen through a glass; and my friend said henever could forget the expression of resigna-tion and despair with which the poor fellowat last abandoned his useless efibrts, and fold-ed his sliirt under his head to await the mercyof Heaven. Whether he was alive or notwhen our men went out I can not say; butfive hours of thirst, fever, and pain, under afierce sun would make awful odds againsthim. The red coats lay sadly tlfick over thebroken ground in front of the abatis of theRedan, and blue and gray coat^ were scat-tered about or lay in piles in the raincoursesbefore the Malakoff. In this repulse, the allies lost in killed andwounded over 5,000 men. Every one ofthe EngUsh commanders was slain, with twoFrench generals—Mayrau and Brunet—dis-tinguished men. The Russians lost about4,000 men, killed and wounded. Two supe-rior officers were slain, and two generals andtwelve superior officers were wounded. On the 20th of June Lord Raglan died,
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S T 0 R M I X G OF THE JI A L A K 0 K F. SEVASTOPOL. 577 and the command of the British army de-volved upon General Simpson. During the month of July, the Russiansmade several severe sorties, but were as oftenrepulsed, and the allies made steady progressin their advance toward the doomed city.With their hosts of sappers, the Frenchmade daily approaches to mining the princi-pal fortifications, and in July, the Russiancommander became so aware of the peril ofhis situation, that he informed his govern-ment he could not hold the city much longer.The Court of St. Petersburg ordered thebold assault to be made on the hnes of theTchernaya, in the hope of compelling theaUies to raise the siege, and of regainingBalaklava. The Russians then put forththeir energies in one more desperate attack. Battle of the Tchernaya.—On the morn-ing of the 16th of August, Generals Liprandiand Prince Gortschakofif, with 40,000 Rus-sians, advanced to the attack. The Frenchdivisions were encamped on the summit o

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