The para [Aleksandr Vasilievitch Suvóroff (17291800) opened his attack on Ismail, November 30, 1790. His forces, including Kossacks, exceeded 27.000 men. — Essai sur l'Histoire Ancienne et Moderne de la Nouvelle Russie, par le Marquis Gabriel de Castelnau, 1827, ii. 201. graphs in the Marquis de Castelnau's Essai (vol. ii.) which Byron versified and worked into Cantos vii. and viii. are quoted in full in the Works of 1832-1833 (vol. xvi.); in the one volume edition (1837, and onwards), and in vol. vi. of the cdition of 1898-1903.] |