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www.192.twhoseedthatnightonthevinecladhilltheyhad
edof,orthattheyotake
partinthegreatestsiegeall
indeedanow
presentyatsebastopol.thefightofiheghty
earirehedeadlyrepulsesattheredan,and
aboveall,thehardshipsofthatterribleer,hadsahe
noblearesea,andscarcelyoen
ofthoseaatthefall
ofsebastopol.
thenavalcahesailorsretuedonboardship,
andthearpreparedtogointoerquarters,thatistosay,to
digdeepholesuheirtents,toerectshelteringwalls,andin
soinstans.
aertheassaultharryarcherobalaklava
andputonboardship.thesurgeonshadinvainendeavoredtoextract
thebullet,andogiveanycheeriojacks
anxiousinquiries.
hisbrhtlive;buttheyohathisces.
itortification
didheightheal,areverandcarry
thebulletaboutallhislife.ofursehehadyouthand
healthonhisside,andjacksthopeforthebest.thereportwas
notreassuring,buttheyuldsaynore.
hetieslaythe
heightstheyoccupied.atlastitioutilizethe
gnifitfleethertodonesolittle.aglyan
expeditioroythefortsat
kinbuando
herussiansdreheirfood.
thesightposihealliedsquadronsintwolong
lieadnorthpasttheharborofsebastopol.thebritish
ntinsistedofsixlineofbattleships,seveeabr >
frigatesandsloops,tengunboats,sixrtarvessels,andnine
transports.
onboardthenofarihe
transportsedicalssariatand
transportrps,storesofallkinds,andthereserveofaunition.
thefrenchfleetbertoourown.
steangslohegreatsquadroheirursetowardsodessa,
andilesoffthetoost
statelycitiesofthesebroadesplanadeslirees,ha
baansions;terraceafterterraceoffinehouses
risingbehind,bersofpublicbuildings,barracks,palad
churches;stretgaheflanks,tedhvillasand
untryhouses.
odessapossessedfortsandbatteriescapableofdefendingitagainst
theattaallnavalforce;buttheseuldhavedeno
defenantasthatllected
beforeit.htelespesthoseonboardakeoutlarge
nuersofpeopleenade.long
linesofdustalongtheroadsshoanyoftheinhabitantswere
hastilyleavingorheother
handtheglierofbayosa,toldoftheingof
troopsionstopreventourlanding.
odessaerdnsiderable
ntroversytookplaceatthetiastoherthealliesshouldnot
havecapturedit.beingdefendedbybatteries,itrankedasa
fortifiedtoifiedin
destroyingthese,andinputtioribution,
hehycityuldreadilyhavepaid.howasfor
soreasondecidednottodoso,andafterlyingatanchorforfive
days,thegreaterportionofhickfog,the
greatfleetsteadaorahegulf
intoselves,isguardedby
fortkinbuontheonesideandbyfortnikolaevoher,the
passagebetbeingaboutaleacross.
ohfirekinbu,andalthoughtherussians
foughtbravely,theyendousfire
pouredupoyoftheirseventyonegunsand
rtarshetingbatteriesalsosuffered
heavily.thebarrafire,andtheewassoon
inflas.graduallytherussiaionly
onegunendousfirepouredinuponthe
atlast,findingtheiossibilityoffurtherresistaheofficer
inndhoistedtheeflag.thefortontheoppositeshorewas
bloherussians,andthefleeteheel.the
troopsiltheendof
theadebyafes
upthedneiper,retuedtosebastopol.
theersntinueddailybetween
thenorthandsouthside,buththisexceptionhostilitieswere
virtuallysuspehechiefibeingatrendousexplosion
ofagazihep,shakiryforles
aothefrenchofsixofficerskilledand
thirteenenkilledand170wounded,while
seventeenenglishyninehan
250,000poundsofgunpooundsofshells,
carcassesandsllaunition.hundredsofrocketsrushedthroughthe
air,shellsburstinalldirep,andboxesofsll
aunitionexplodedineverydire.theshipsintheharborsof
balaklavaandkaesulesandhorses
sevelesaheuntry
entsfelloveracirclesix
lesindiater.
odayoffebruarytheanarsticehadbeen
ibeforepeacewas
finallysigned.buttheanend,ahe
arsticehe”faln”oengland,tothegreat
delightofallonboard,ilysickofthelongperiodof
ina.
chapterxxvi.
nclusion
the”faln”experiencedpleasailpassiraitsibraltar.thenaheavygalesetin,andfornydaysshestruggled
pest,thatforseveralhoursshe
dangeroffoundering.
atlast,hohehercleared,ahe”faln”
castanchoratspithead.thedaythecrehe
vesseltakenintodouch
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