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正文 第66节 文 / [英]G. A. Henty

    台湾小说网  www.192.tw台湾小说网  www.192.tw台湾小说网  www.192.twapristheandbeggedtheoforehhehad

    thating

    thathehaddehisescapeacrosstherussianfrontier,andhad

    rejoihear,forhethoughtitprobablethattheletterhhe

    hadgiventountstanislaustopost,afterhelefthightnever

    haveetohand.

    atsixoadegood

    useoftheirtiinarngfreshbatteriestoutheeffect

    oftheaintaining

    ourholdofthequarries,ndedbyseveralbatteries,

    outsidetherangeuns.ourlosswas

    veryheavy,asalsoelon,hwas

    deatrefortherussianfire.

    onthenightsofthe16thand17thsoofthebritishandfrench

    shipsstoodinclosetosebastopol,aupaheavyfireuponthe

    toarshalpelissierandllan

    thattheassaultshouldtakeplaoingofthe18thofjune,

    andeveryarraadefortheattack.thebritishforcetold

    offfortheentsofthelight,send,and

    thirddivisions,andns.sirjohncabell

    hadchargeoftheleft,lonelshadforthoftheright,andlonel

    lan.generalbaardedtotake

    hisbrigadeofthethirddivisiondooaravihequarries,

    ovedhisbrigadeofthesadivisionstill

    fartheralong.hisordershatiheassaultonthe

    redanbeingsuccessful,heshouldattackthesright.

    onthefrehreelus,each60,undergeneralde

    salles,oattackthreeoftherussianbastions;heir

    right,threelusofequalforceoattacktherussian

    positions:generaldauterreassailingthegervaisbatteryandthe

    rightflankofthelakoff,generalbrutofallupo

    flankofthelakoffaleredanfrohelon,while

    generalyrauocarrytherussianbatteryhecareening

    creek.

    thusthefrens,nueringinall

    36,000n,nsntained

    only1200n,tacko

    nistaketheluofgeneral

    yrauattackedbeforethesignalihey

    ortallywounded.

    fourthousandoftheierialguardtotheirassistand

    threerocketsbeingfiredasasignal,theassaultadeallalong

    theliherussians,hoing

    bytheassaultontheirleft.theirreservesup,the

    redanhtroops,thegunshgrape,andas

    thelittleenglishlusleapedfroheirtrenchesandrushedto

    theassault,theyendousfire.

    theiableresultofsending1000ntoattackatrendously

    strongposition,heldbytentistheirth,andacrossa

    groundsbyhalfadozenbatteries,follohehandfulof

    britishstrugglednoblyfroupsbythe

    irregularityofthegroundandbythegapsdebytheenesfire.

    partiesofbravenstruggleduptotheveryabattisoftheredan,

    andthere,unsupportedandpodohinguld

    exceedthebraveryaed.buttheirbravery

    ndofthelus,sirjohn

    cabell,lonelshadforth,andlonelyea,wereallkilled.invain

    theoffientoanattack.therewereindeed

    sockeryofthefoolishnessof

    suenhey

    didnotein.atlast,thereantsoftheshatteredluswere

    calledoff.upo,thebrigadeundergeneraleyrecarriedthe

    ceterybyasuddenattack.butsohotafire

    thatithdifficultythepositionuldbeheld.

    this,hohesolesuccessoftheday.both,thefrench

    lusthelakoff,andalthough

    gervaisbatteryaintained.

    thenavalbrigadefuishedfourpartiesofsixtyntocarry

    sgladdersandhesepartieswereheldin

    reserve,anddidnotadvance.captainpeelnd,andwas

    idshipnofh.s.”queen,”edas

    hisaidedeentwereall

    heotheronewaskilled,andonewounded.

    jackhadintheitedthatheinordersforthe

    service,butnightthelosshoseakenpartin

    ithadsufferedselfthat

    hehadnotbeeailedfortheduty.thetotalbritishlosswas

    tenkilled,seveofficersand

    1207nthirtynineofficerskilled,and

    niythreeenkilledortakenprisonersandaboutthe

    sanuerouslygreaterthan

    thoseofthefreherussians

    adttedalossof5800killedandwounded.

    jacathcart

    hill;butitstnotbeigihatevenavagueideaofwas

    passinguldbegleahelookerson.theredan,he

    pointofviediatelyopposite,ileaway.inafew

    nutesfroheofthefighttheairhickh

    ske,andthedinofbattlealoendedafrontwasso

    ntinuousandoverpopossibletojudgebythe

    soundhohefightanyparticularpoint.

    uponthenightbeforethereothe

    suanyalaughinginvitationo

    futuredinnersielsofsebastopol.great,then,he

    disappointntendousrollof

    sketrygraduallydiedahefireofthealliedbatteries

    angrilyopeellialethatallalongtheliheallies

    hadbeeed,saveonlyfortheslightsuccessatthecetery.

    eagerlyheioned,as,carriedochers,or

    sloakiheyasdedthe

    hill.instoftheegretattheirdefeateratthe

    iehoseinated

    overthepainofthewounds.

    ”bejabers,”saidalittleirishn,”butitirely.

    thereyselfandsixothersaaindeourway

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