. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. MARSHAL PELlSblJi-U.(Commandtfr in Chief of the French Army in the Crimea.) into action, and the Russians were driven back. It was here that thecharge of the Light Brigade occurred, memorable in song and story. The other sortie of the Russians was against the village of Inkerman,at the head of the harbor. This occurred on t
. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. MARSHAL PELlSblJi-U.(Commandtfr in Chief of the French Army in the Crimea.) into action, and the Russians were driven back. It was here that thecharge of the Light Brigade occurred, memorable in song and story. The other sortie of the Russians was against the village of Inkerman,at the head of the harbor. This occurred on the 5th of November, strong- force of Russians descended from the high grounds which theyoccupied, and were confronted by the allies on the slope opposite, near theruins of an ancient town mentioned by .Strabo. Here the Russian attackfell with great violence on the English and iMx-nch ; but the latter were 220 LIFE AND TIMK^ OK E. GLADSTONE. 1 ^. FRENCH ALLIANCE AND CRIMEAN WAR. 227 victorious. Many like movements of a minor character occurred in theIjeL-inniny- of winter, and then the ri^or of the season fell on the the month of January came such cruel privations and sufferings as haverarely been borne by soldiers in modern times. Hunger, disease, and colddid their worst on the allied camps. The genius of Elizabeth Butler hasseized upon the morning Roll Call in the Crimean snows to depict theexcess of human suffering and devotion to duty. Before the winter was passed the lines around Sebastopol wereconsiderably contracted. On the 23d of February the French assailed withgreat valor the stronghold called the Malakhoff, but were repulsed. Onthe 18th of the following June, being the fortieth anniversary of Waterloo,the assault was desperately renewed, but without success. On the i5th ofAugust was fought the bloody battle of Tchernaya, being the last effort ofthe Russians to raise the siege. With a force of fi
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