The Circle of the Century : Embracing Descriptions of the Decisive Battles of the Century ...
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The first bat- Skobeleff and teries opened fire on the 8th, and the siege works were pushed the Siege of so rapidly forward that the Russians had eained all the out- ^^^ works by the 17th. This steady progress was depressing to the Turkomans, who were not used to such a method of fighting. The can- nonade continued resistlessly, the wall being breached on the 23d and the assault fixed for the next day. Two mines had been driven under the ram- part, one charged with gun-powder and one with dynam...ite, and all was ready for the desperate work of the storming parties. Early the next day all the Russian guns opened upon the walls, and a false attack was made on the west side of the fort, the men firing inces- santly to distract the attention of the Turkomans, while the actual column of attack was formed and held ready on the east. Another column, 2,000 strong, waited opposite the south angle, the soldiers ready and eager for the assault. A little after eleven the mines were fired. The explosion caused mo- mentary panic among the garrison, and in the midst of the confusion the two storming columns rushed for the breaches.
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