schoedde's

Updated: May 5, 2025

General Schoedde's brigade, however, was received by a hot fire of guns, jingalls, and matchlocks, and in consequence he gave orders for immediately escalading the walls. The Tartars fought with the most determined bravery, often in hand-to-hand combats, and several of the British officers and men were wounded.

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