Sortie of the Russians from Sebastopol - General Sir De Lacy Evans and staff, October 26, 1854. Crimean War: British officers on the battlefield. 'The enemy [Russian army] moved out of Sebastopol on the 26th with a large force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery - amounting, it is said, to 6000 or 7000 men - and attacked the left of the Second Division, commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans, who speedily and energetically repulsed them, assisted by one of the batteries of the First Division, and some guns of the Light Division, and supported by the brigade of Guards and by several
Sortie of the Russians from Sebastopol - General Sir De Lacy Evans and staff, October 26, 1854. Crimean War: British officers on the battlefield. 'The enemy [Russian army] moved out of Sebastopol on the 26th with a large force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery - amounting, it is said, to 6000 or 7000 men - and attacked the left of the Second Division, commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans, who speedily and energetically repulsed them, assisted by one of the batteries of the First Division, and some guns of the Light Division, and supported by the brigade of Guards and by several regiments of the Fourth Division, and in rear by the French Division commanded by General Bosquet, who was most eager in his desire to give him every aid'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.
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