The Seat of War in the East From Eighty One Drawings Made During the War in the
The Seat of War in the East From Eighty One Drawings Made During the War in the
George Brackenbury
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After this first tremendous volley each gun worked as it could, and a regular file fire of mortars and heavy guns commenced upon the place. " From a little after nine till past three all in the camp were left to their own conjectures as to the progress of the bombardment. The mist and rain were so dense, that it was difficult from the heights to distinguish the fire even of our nearest batteries ; not only was it impossible to see what we were doing, but even to hear was difficult. The wind swe...pt from the camp towards Sebastopol, and this, with the thickness of the atmosphere and rush of the rain, drowned almost every sound, except the dull and apparently very distant concussion of the large mortars. " So perfect was this quietness, that it seemed quite impossible to realise in the deserted aspect of our camp that a struggle on which not only the reputa- tion but the very existence of the troops engaged depended was taking place 74 THE SEAT OF WAR IN THE EAST. within half a mile of our lines, and that 154 English, nearly 200 French, and between 400 and 500 Eussian guns and mortars were firing away almost as fast as they could be loaded.
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