borutiuk

Updated: June 28, 2025

Dense columns of infantry were massed on the slopes, with large reserves on the heights above. A lower ridge of hills ran across the amphitheatre, and at various points batteries of field-artillery were posted, commanding the passage of the river and its approaches. In front of this part of the position, and on the British side of the river, was the village of Borutiuk.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Our Soldiers: Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign