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In the track of the troops : a tale of modern war (1881)

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894, T. and A. Constable. prt, Nisbet, James · London : James Nisbet & Co. · leaf 327

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othe air. The other guns reached the hill insafety, wheeled into position, and, for a time, checkedthe Turkish fire. Nevertheless, undeterred by thewithering salvos, the Turks came on in powerfulcolumns till they drew near to the hotly contestedpoint. At the foot of it the Eussians had dug… … THE TRENCHES STORMED.—Page 307. A TALE OF MODEllN WAR. 307 It occurred to me that our men were reserving fireaccording to the Skobeleff plan. In this I wasright. When the Turks were within a hundredyards of the trenches the defenders fired as oneman. The front ranks of the enemy fell like…

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