In this battle the British had thirty-eight, the French eighteen guns engaged.

The Russians had 106 guns in position.
Jack Archer and his comrades were still in bed, when the first dropping shots, followed by a heavy roll of musketry, announced that the Russians were upon them.

Accustomed to the roar or guns, they slept on, till Tom Hammond rushed into the tent.
"Get up, gentlemen, get up.

The Russian army has climbed up the hill, and is attacking us like old boots.

The bugles are sounding the alarm all over the camps." In an instant the lads were out of bed, and their dressing took them scarce a minute.
"I can't see ten yards before me," Jack said, as he rushed out.