The International Exhibition: "The Two Friends - Sebastopol, 1855", by J. L. H. Bellange, in the French Gallery, 1862. 'Few episodes occur in the bloody drama of war more affecting than that represented here of two young officers who together, and died together, the one probably for the have been in the very thick of the fight, judging from the ploughed ground, the many cannon-balls and pieces of shells, and the number of dead and wounded lying of the friends was struck first, and the to his assistance. the bleeding br
The International Exhibition: "The Two Friends - Sebastopol, 1855", by J. L. H. Bellange, in the French Gallery, 1862. 'Few episodes occur in the bloody drama of war more affecting than that represented here of two young officers who together, and died together, the one probably for the have been in the very thick of the fight, judging from the ploughed ground, the many cannon-balls and pieces of shells, and the number of dead and wounded lying of the friends was struck first, and the to his assistance. the bleeding breast, seized his hand as if to sustain and infuse new life into the dying , perhaps, mortally wounded two hands were never unlocked. Death himself was unable to sever the "two ; And thus they lay till the flags of truce brought the either side to carry away their dead and wounded. French and Russians converse unconcernedly amidst the the sacred white at this sight there is an unwonted pause in the grim work. The staff officer and the their sad duty of preparing the lists of the hors de combat, as, softened into pity, they peruse the letters taken from the dead'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.
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