On the 5th November 1854 a smaller British and (yes) French army beat off an assault by the Russians at Inkerman in the Crimea. It was known as “The Soldier’s Battle” as men fought small engagements due to poor visibility in dense fog.
The Russians had massed 32000 men on the Allied flank and headed for the 2700 man 2nd Division, commanded today by the aggressive Pennefather. Instead of falling back in the face of superior numbers, he advanced. The British had their rifles to thank this day as they took a terrible toll on the musket armed Russian Infantry, who were hemmed in by the valley’s bottle neck shape. The British 2nd Division pushed the Russians back onto their reinforcements and should have been routed by the Russians’ numbers, but the fog and the British Light Division saved them. Three successive Russian commanders were killed in this engagement.
The Russians other 15000 men approached and assailed the Sandbag Battery, but they were routed by 300 British defenders vaulting the wall, blunting the lead Battalions, who were then attacked in the flank. More Russian attacks ensured the Battery exchanged hands several times.
The British 4th Division was not as lucky. Arriving on the field, its flanking move was itself flanked and its commander, Cathcart, killed. This enabled the Russians to advance, but not for long. They were soon driven off by French units arriving from their camps and made no more headway.
The battle was lost and they had to withdraw.
This was the last time the Russians tried to defeat the Allied troops in the field. Despite this reverse, however, the Russian attack had seriously stalled the Allies from capturing Sevastopol. They had to instead, spend one harsh winter on the heights overlooking the city, before it fell in September of 1855.
The British suffered 2573 casualties, the French 1800 and the Russians 11959.
I know that i am boring but please help me
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if you can please help me with two more things:
the first:
Hearts gone astray
Keeping up when they go
I went away
Just when you needed me so
You won’t regret
I’ll come back begging you
Don’t you forget
Welcome love we once knew
Yeah;is this Ëgo astrayË to wonder off or
and what does than
ËKeeping up when they goËmeansand the second one:
I want to feel sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear
Without a trace-is the ËtraceË something like a clue, some remaining of something
thanks :-)
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I think the “astray” is more of a growing apart, and now the person is trying to re-kindle it… That fits with “Keeping up when they go”, or the one of us is still here for our relationship even though it is dying…
As for the second one, I think the without a trace refers to whatever the dust cloud was obscuring…
I am not the best “poet” so please take it from others here but that is my translation…
GG
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GG has this one about right.
Going Astray would be a sort of emotional infidelity… that you would begin to care for/love another.
Without a trace means leaving no remnant beind… the ‘dust’ is completely gone as though it never existed.
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LOL @ Amon-Sul…
its like your doing his homework for poetry class or something LMFAO… :-D :-D :-D :-D