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Questo libro di storia potrebbe contenere numerosi refusi e parti di testo mancanti. Solitamente gli acquirenti hanno la possibilita di scaricare gratuitamente una copia scansionata del libro originale (senza refusi) direttamente dalleditore. Il libro e Non illustrato. 1843 edition. Estratto: ...it is one of those faults with which policy often " afflicts war. When the causeway was almost completed, on " the 7th of June, and when the 3rd corps was about to effect " its passage, the enemy assumed an advantageous position on " the opposite bank. Its aspect was, indeed, imposing; but it u could be positively ascertained that it manoeuvred to conceal " a weakness which, under the circumstances, was inevitable. " The passage of the Danube, under the eyes of the musketry " and the grape of the enemy, was, however, one of the most Two regiments of Coasacks, the 3rd division of Huzzars, the 1st division of Dragoons, and the 2nd division of Chasseurs, the last two forming the 4th corps of cavalry. t Snowing that the works had commenced three weeks before the declaration of war at St. Petersburg. u difficult of enterprises, and was executed with the greatest " talent by General Roudsewitsch, under the especial direcu tion of the Emperor. The expectation proved vain of being u able to transport the troops by means of merchant vessels; u but the zeal of the Hetman of the Zaporogne Cossacks " supplied the deficiency. Crossing with 200 of his men, he u was enabled by degrees, with small boats, to transport " 15,000 Russians. The fire of a battery placed upon the u opposite causeway, and above all the attack of the brave " Russian flotilla, soon extinguished that of the Turkish batte" ries on the right bank. Scarcely had General Prince Gc-RTS" Chakoff appeared at the head of four battalions on the other " side of the river than its defenders took to flight. Isaktschi " surrendered a few minutes afterwards, the commandant giving u no other reason than this, that it was...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153975513 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153975513 |
| Weight | 1.13 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.78 In |
| List Price | $25.04 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 348 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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