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| | Battle of the Tchernaya |
 | | The river, the aqueduct, and the little dry ditches that intersected the valley between them and the bills, were positively choked up with dead and dying Russians, and in the most extraordinary attitudes; and strewed all over the ground were little ready-made bridges (so-called), consisting of unpainted ladders about twelve to fifteen feet long. |
 | | The chief effort of the Russians had been made against the position of the Fedioukine height, at the foot of the centre of which stands the Tractir Bridge, the Zouaves (3) as usual having borne the brunt of the fight. |
 | | I have gone at greater length into this episode of the, battle of the Tchernaya than perhaps the occasion deserves, because as usual, after the battle, it was said that the cavalry were slow, and did not take advantage of an opening that presented itself. |
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