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... regret to learn that the burning of the Croesus was much more fatal than at first believed. The muster-roll having been lost with the ship, the extent of the loss of life amongst the troops was not known until some time afterwards. It appears that instead ...
... Dragoons; Assistant-Surgeon T. J. Atkinson, of the 31st; Surgeon Whipple, R.N., for her Majesty's ship, Royal Albert; Surgeon Forbes, M.D., for Her Majesty's ship Firebrand; two men of the 4th, 33 of the 33rd, and four coppersmiths. It is reported that Portugal ...
... deprive the Russians of their arsenals and principal barracks, and what is scarcely of less importance, it will leave the ships, which still remain in the inlet of Sebastopol, denuded of all shelter from the shot and shells of the allies. Already Sebastopol ...
... HER MAJESTY'S SHIP MIRANDA, OFF THE TOWN OF GENITCHI, May 29. Sir, —I h&ve the honour to inform you that I arrived here shortly after dark last night, with Her Majesty's ships under ray orders, and joined the Swallow and Wrangler, which ships had already ...
... spring of 1828, immediately after the declaration of hostilities. This expedition consisted of ships of the line, 4 frigates, and 21 corvettes and other ships, carrying about 7,000 troops —an effectual demonstration of the naval preponderance of Russia ...
... with sail of shipping, large and small, 20,000 troops. We had on board 700 Turks. arrived here and disembarked on the Queen's birthday, the 24th. It took only three hours to disembark. No sooner had we landed, under cover of our shipping, which kept a ...
... Launch of the Marlboboogh, 131 Guns. —Orders have been issued from the Admiralty, that this magnificent vessel, the largest ship of war in the world, measuring over 4,000 tons, was to be launched on the 31st of June. William Smith O'Brien.—An intimation ...
... been drawn more oloselv ever from the commencement of the Turkish [>ut the enemy was beaten in the field; forced to sink his ships to block up the tlaUCe llis cllie f roadstead. When in No; he poured down his legions in apparently numbers, 14,000 men, on ...
... feared in the morning, in consequence of two engineers and eight or ten seamen absenting themselves, or running away from the ship, that she would not have got away, but she has sailed without them. The exact number and particulars are Aot known. The troops ...
... they are called here) had made good use of their time in getting guns, &c., on shore from their ships On Saturday, also, they hauled four lineof battle ships out so as to lay their broadsides on the Malakoff, and we may expect a good storm of fire from ...
... THE CRIMEA. Crimean letters to the 15th inclusive have arrived. They show that preparations were made by the Russian ships before the 18th to defend the Malakoff and the Redan. Our Lancaster guns could not reach them, as they were about 4,000 yards off ...
... anxiety to make a thorough recognizance of Katfa, he approached so near to that port that, standing on the paddlebox of his ship, he received a rifle ball in his leg. He did not think much of it at the time, but the extreme heat, the excitement of the ...