 ... diminished ranks, thinned by those thirty guns, which the Russians had laid with the most deadly accuracy, with a halo of flashing steel above their heads, and with a cheer which was many a noble fellow's death-cry, they flew into the smoke of the...  The British Expedition to the Crimea - Page 174de Sir William Howard Russell - 1858 - 629 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1855 - 534 pages
...halo of flashing steel alwe their heads, and with a cheer which was many a noble fellow's death cry, they flew into the smoke of the batteries, but ere...the plain was strewed with their bodies and with the carcases of horses. They were exposed to an oblique fire from the batteries on the hilta on bjtli sides,... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1854 - 952 pages
...laid with the most deadly accuracy, with a halo of flashing steel above their heads, and with a cheer which was many a noble fellow's death-cry, they flew...horses. They were exposed to an oblique fire from the batteries on the hills on both sides, as well as to a direct fire of musketry. Through the clouds... | |
 | George Brackenbury - 1855 - 148 pages
...laid with the most deadly accuracy, with a halo of flashing steel above their heads, and with a cheer which was many a noble fellow's death-cry, they flew...horses. " They were exposed to an oblique fire from the batteries on the hills on both sides, as well as to a direct fire of musketry. Through the clouds... | |
 | George Brackenbury - 1855 - 600 pages
...laid with the most deadly accuracy, with a halo of flashing steel above their heads, and with a cheer which was many a noble fellow's death-cry, they flew...horses. " They were exposed to an oblique fire from the batteries on the hills on both sides, as well as to a direct fire of musketry. Through the clouds... | |
 | 1855 - 158 pages
...laid with the most deadly accuracy, with a halo of flashing steel above their heads, and with a cheer, which was many a noble fellow's death-cry, they flew...plain was strewed with their bodies, and with the carcases of their horses. They were exposed to an oblique fire from the batteries on the hills on both... | |
 | 1855 - 440 pages
...laid with the most deadly accuracy, with a halo of flashing steel above their heads and with a cheer which was many a noble fellow's death-cry, they flew...plain was strewed with their bodies, and with the carcases of horses. Lord Cardigan was almost unhorsed by a 32-pounder exploding within a foot of his... | |
 | George Fowler - 1855 - 358 pages
...accuracy, with a halo of flashing steel above their heads, and with a cheer which was mingled with ;nany a noble fellow's death-cry, they flew into the smoke of the batteries, but ere they were lost from the view, the plain was strewed with their dead bodies, and with the carcasses of horses, being exposed... | |
 | W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 pages
...laid with the most deadly accuracy, with a halo of flashing steel above their heads and with a cheer which was many a noble fellow's death-cry, they flew...plain was strewed with their bodies, and with the carcases of horses. Lord Cardigan was almost unhorsed by a 32-pounder exploding within a foot of his... | |
 | William O. Blake - 1856 - 1124 pages
...their heads and with a cheer which was many a noble fellow's death-cry, they flew into tfct sax>ke of the batteries, but ere they were lost from view the plain was «TMted with their bodies, and with the carcases of horses. Lord Cardizm vu almost unhorsed by a 32-pouuder... | |
 | Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pages
...with the most deadly accuracy — with a halo of flashing steel above their heads — and with a cheer which was many a noble fellow's death-cry, they flew...plain was strewed with their bodies, and with the carcases of horses. They were exposed to an oblique fire from the batteries on the hills on both sides,... | |
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