Remarkable Sieges: From the Siege of Constantinople in 1453 to that of Sebastopol, 1854 : with Observations on Fortification and Siege OperationsH. Ingram & Company, 1854 - 128 oldal |
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... Turks , in 1453 , full details of which will be found in the present volume . Fourteen batteries of guns , among which were three pieces capable of throwing stones weighing from 600 lb. to 1200 lb. , were pointed against the double ...
... Turks , in 1453 , full details of which will be found in the present volume . Fourteen batteries of guns , among which were three pieces capable of throwing stones weighing from 600 lb. to 1200 lb. , were pointed against the double ...
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... Turks at the siege of Candia , some years previously ) determined to alter the position of his batteries , placing them at right angles to and opposite the prolongations of the faces of the works ; and then so regulating the charge and ...
... Turks at the siege of Candia , some years previously ) determined to alter the position of his batteries , placing them at right angles to and opposite the prolongations of the faces of the works ; and then so regulating the charge and ...
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... Turks seemed to be hopeless . At this critical juncture a force of 150,000 Turks , commanded by the Grand Vizier , appeared upon the surrounding heights , coming to the rescue of the besieged city . Prince Eugène , like Cæsar at the ...
... Turks seemed to be hopeless . At this critical juncture a force of 150,000 Turks , commanded by the Grand Vizier , appeared upon the surrounding heights , coming to the rescue of the besieged city . Prince Eugène , like Cæsar at the ...
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... Turks , in the year of the Hegira , 857 , -A.D . 1453 . It was under the reign of Orkan , in the middle of the fourteenth century , that the Turks first crossed the Dardanelles , and commenced laying the foundations of their empire in ...
... Turks , in the year of the Hegira , 857 , -A.D . 1453 . It was under the reign of Orkan , in the middle of the fourteenth century , that the Turks first crossed the Dardanelles , and commenced laying the foundations of their empire in ...
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... Turkish fleet , consisting of four hundred vessels of various sizes , appeared at the southern extremity of the Bosphorus , its object being effectually to blockade the port , and prevent the possibility of supplies or relief being ...
... Turkish fleet , consisting of four hundred vessels of various sizes , appeared at the southern extremity of the Bosphorus , its object being effectually to blockade the port , and prevent the possibility of supplies or relief being ...
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Aldegonde Algiers allied Antwerp arms army artillery assault Aubusson Balaklava bastion batteries battering-ships besieged blockade boats breach bridge brigade British camp cannon cannonade casemated Christian command commenced considerable Constantinople counterdyke counterscarp courage covered curtain defence ditch division Duke Duke of Cambridge Duke of Lorraine effect embrasures Emperor enemy enemy's engineers extreme favourable fire fire-ships flank fleet force formed formidable fortifications fortress French front garrison Gibraltar grand master grand vizier ground guns Haarlem harbour hundred inhabitants invested Janissaries killed labour land Lord Raglan loss Mahomet military mole morning mortars mounted night o'clock officers ordnance parapet Prince Prince of Orange ramparts ravelin redoubts regiment resistance retired river Russians Sappers Sebastopol shells ships shot side siege operations Sir John Jones Sobieski soldiers Solyman soon sortie Spaniards succour superior terrible thousand towers town troops Turkish Turks Vauban vessels wall whilst wounded yards
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92. oldal - In all the vicissitudes of a long life of public service, no circumstance has ever produced on my mind such impressions of gratitude and joy as the event of yesterday. To have been one of the humble instruments, in the hands of Divine Providence, for bringing to reason a ferocious government, and destroying for ever the insufferable and horrid system of Christian slavery, can never cease to be a source of delight and heartfelt comfort to every individual happy enough to be employed in it.
97. oldal - ... unwilling to visit your personal cruelties upon the inoffensive inhabitants of the country, and I therefore offer you the same terms of peace which I conveyed to you yesterday in my sovereign's name : without the acceptance of these terms you can have no peace with England. " If you receive this ofl'er as you ought, you will fire three guns, and I shall consider your not making this signal as a refusal, and shall renew my operations at my own convenience.
96. oldal - No. 8, although forbidden, was led by his ardent spirit, to follow in support of the barge, in which he was desperately wounded, his brother officer killed, and nine of his crew.
97. oldal - Commander-in-Chief is happy to inform the fleet of the final termination of their strenuous exertions, by the signature of peace, confirmed under a salute of twenty-one guns, on the following conditions, dictated by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of England : — I.
24. oldal - After a siege of forty days, the fate of Constantinople could no longer be averted. The diminutive garrison was exhausted by a double attack: the fortifications, which had stood for ages against hostile violence, were dismantled on all sides by the Ottoman cannon: many breaches were opened; and near the gate of St. Romanus, four towers had been levelled with the ground.
82. oldal - The showers of shot and shells which were now directed from their land-batteries, the battering-ships, and, on the other hand, from the various works of the garrison, exhibited a scene of which perhaps neither the pen nor the pencil can furnish a competent idea. It is sufficient to say that...
94. oldal - The fleet at this time, by the springing up of the sea breeze, had reached the bay, and were preparing the boats and flotilla for service, until near two o'clock, when, observing my officer was returning with the signal flying, that no answer had been received, after a delay of upwards of three hours, I instantly made the...
126. oldal - Pennefather, with its field guns, which had immediately been got under arms, was placed in position. The light division, under Lieutenantgeneral Sir George Brown, was also brought to the front without loss of time ; the 1st brigade, under...
93. oldal - ... their infant child coming down in a basket with the surgeon, who thought he had composed it, but it unhappily cried in the gateway, and, in consequence, the surgeon, three midshipmen, in all, eighteen persons, were seized and confined as slaves in the usual dungeons.
98. oldal - I believe they are within bounds, when they state their loss at seven thousand men. Our old friend John Gaze was as steady as a rock; and it was a glorious sight to see the Charlotte take her anchorage, and to see her flag towering on high, when she appeared to be in the flames of the Mole itself; and never was a ship nearer burnt; it almost scorched me off the poop; we were obliged to haul in the ensign, or it would have caught fire.