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Jack Archer

CHAPTER VIII
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While the British charge was going on, 200 of the French cavalry made a brilliant charge on the left and carried a battery, but had to retreat with a loss of two captains, and fifty men killed and wounded.

Our loss in all was thirteen officers killed or taken, and twenty-seven officers wounded, 162 men killed or taken, and 224 men wounded.

There were 394 horses killed or missing, and 126 horses wounded.

The Russians carried off some ten guns from the redoubts which they captured in the morning.
Jack and his friends returned at the conclusion of the fight to camp, where, as they had rather expected, they met with a severe reprimand for their absence, being told that upon such an occasion, whether off duty or not, their duty was to remain in camp.

Captain Peel indeed, was nearly sending them back to their ships again.


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