Inkerman Assault Deepens Russian Push on Ridge and Cliff
The battle autour Inkerman sees Russian forces massing to sweep the ridge then circum navigate cliffs opposite Inkerman. Guards and French lines slow the onslaught with heavy artillery duels, bayonet charges, and repeated counterattacks as Sir George Cathcart and Bosquet divisions reinforce. A French porte drapeau and cavalry efforts mark renewed allied advance amid brutal close combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inkerman
Pennefather
Grenadiers
Fusiliers
Coldstreams
Robert Newman
Newman
Townsend
Miller
R.A
Codrington
Alma
M‘keown
Duke of Cambridge
George Cathcart
Bosquet
Desperate Close Fight At Balaklava Crushed Russian Assault
A vivid account of Balaklava where two English 18 pounders aided by Gambier and Dickson repelled Russian field pieces while French batteries supported. The battle raged along a three quarter mile front for nine hours with heavy casualties, fierce hand to hand fighting, and grim scenes of the dead and wounded across the coppice and ravines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raglan
Depétt
Balaklava
Gambier
Dickson
de Lacy Evans
Boyle
Sir de Lacy
Tchernaya
Liprandi
Lord Raglan
Guernsey
Mastow
Mort
Woronzoff
Blackwood’s
Seven Poor Travellers and Other London Theatre Notes
A summary of recent London stage offerings includes Dickens’s The Seven Poor Travellers at Surrey, Bourcicault’s Janet Pride at the Adelphi, and W B Bernard’s Man in the Iron Mask at Mary Lenone. Also reported are Shakspere lectures by C Cowden Clarke at the London Institution, Fanny Kemble’s readings at Exeter Hall, Amateur Musical Society at Hanover Square rooms, and choral meetings at Finsbury Chapel with plans for a Sol Fa réunion on the 20th inst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surrey
Charles Dickens
Adelphi
Dion Bourcicault
Janet Pride
Peice
Webster
Mary Lenone
Man In the
W. B. Bernard
Leon
Louvre
C.cowden Clarke
London Institution
Finsbury~circus
Shakspere
Exeter
Haanover-Square Rooms
Amateur Musical Society
Hanover-square Rooms
Crimea
Henry Leslie
Immanuel
Finsbury Cuaren
Finsbury Chapel
Sol Fa
Metropolis
Review of British Institution Gallery Exherts Works by British Artists
The Gallery of the British Institution this year displays 500 pictures with few major triumphs. Notable pieces include T M Joy’s Interview between Queen Elizabeth and the Countess of Nottingham and H C Selous’s Gil Blas tale. Several other works merit comment, though overall humanity is sparsely represented. landscapes and animal scenes appear in stronger supply than historical or genre pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brivis Institution
British Institution
Queen Elizabeth
Countess of Nottingham
T. M. Joy
Gil Blas
H.C. Selous
Naish
Endymion
Keats
Artemis
Mr. Frost
Mariane
Wilson Dyer
Sant
Jacqueline
Collins
Goodall
Deane
Creswick
Mr. Lee
Lawscape
The Port The Field of the Dead Closing Night Battle
The passage recalls a battlefield at night with a beacon blaze and sinking swords. It describes dead and wounded soldiers, ash and blood, faces pale under a grim field, and a sighing wind mournfully moving over the corpses. It evokes a somber, nocturnal scene of war’s aftermath.
Fragment of a Soldier's Death Becomes a Dear Despair
A vivid war death scene shows a dying youth gripping a corpse and gasping for a last cry to his mother. The battlefield hush and the sight of lost manhood linger as the wounded soldier struggles to shout while death seals his eyelids. He questions war and fate as he nears life's end.
The Wook Glorm Wedding Antic and Yankee Doctor Tale
A home journal recounts humorous wedding banter about a boastful beau and a modest bride. It then shifts to an anecdote of Dr Nathan Santa in Cornish, where a goose gag leads to a fake medical scene. The doctor treats the goose, yields a bill, and gains a locally earned reputation and future practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Nathan Santa
Smith
Cornish
Fragmented Victorian Jokes and Civic Snippets
A garbled OCR page offers a collage of quips and social notes. It includes parlor jokes about grapevines and recruits, a late parishioner’s quip, references to Reebuck politics and Clicquot, a father and son exchange on prayers and swearing, and satirical lines on government and Lord John Russell. The text also mentions an American bankrupt, an inquisitive child about MPs, Irish echo jokes, public opinion bars, and a note about Astley’s theatre and military entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Segay
Reebuck
London
John Russell
Thomas
Everbody
Fitzblankfeather
Criméa
Russell
Times
Cauionc
Peto
Astley’s Amphitheatre
Wittie
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