The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-09-26 00:00:00

THE AUTUMN MAN(EUVIIIIS.

Th. pot I even again on Monday mot ning by Sir Mattes
k) Ileal,wif tip his l`irivi‘lit vamp and advancing to-
vont. ehnbliain dos. While neonnoitet Ii g Sir Marks iras
only isten prisoner by Sir Hope Grant's oiltpw.i, After
,„,,ng 1.01.4.b1en if the lino and crossing the canal (the bridses
•,00r*hien were supposed to hale hfen blown up), the attack-
in, torn: drove Sir Hope Grant's home bvee lack upon Choi).
•illsga, the latter being comptuny outinanmuvrtd,
On 'fiseeday Sir Hope Want was a, tacked by (liners!
Starchy in the nei;hbourhood of Lt.cia•gtton• After
the engagement had proceeded come Hale time, the
troops under Sir Hope gave way until they lei the
attacking force to • plain which Mita d with reArmlas,
surrounded by ditches. From them fottified positions
• galling fire was kept upon the foe. ant the troops
beginning to waver, the Life Guards al Ii o illei•
belonging to the defending Voice repeat,dl) iitied
tfin enemy, but the attacks not being made in st, Si i ust
etrength they signally faded. lbe attai.4.ns I,ree
again and again attempted Comity the position om opted
by Sir hops Grant, hut it was gallantly repulsed, and
when the signal was given to cease firing it was In full
Wrist.

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Wednesday was a day of leisure for the troops.
On Thursday there was inere fighting, but with a
difference; for 6io ru Steveity WA% lonoir the
Invader- Sir Hope Grant ri tired from hi g 1.1,411 command,
and the 2nd Division mai ed tot xistits win nod mattriel
reinforcing the 1-t and 3rd in fair @bans. Too whole of
the cavalry was formed into two divisiens,the Prince of
Wales commanding the division acting with General
Carey. General bteveley and an army of 15.000 men
Or MOM acted in defence of Aid( rshot. Gen. Carey
and another 15,000 men moved agair it him. Sir Charms
Heaveley began his retreat on Aldershot, closely followed
by General Carey. The battle commenced with •
dashing cavalry charge. The Prince of Wales was
declared captured but bolted. The troops ended the
campaign by re-occupying the huta and setting up the
tents in the lines and on the oommons,from which they
moved on Fridsy week.
The Daily New correspondent thee describes the
Prince's escapade: Up from • ravine, seemingly from
some unknown direction, bunts • troop of Hussies, a
short stout officer in general's uniform at their head.
They charge the guns there are three guns—at head.
long speed. ltut the gunners are not tilled. Round go
the trails. Into the feei• of the galloping horsemen is
burled two rounds of grape end sinister from eseh gun.
The smoke blows away, and diecloies a• stavelry's staff
gallops up • sensational tableau—the Prince of Wales,
standing by the officer commanding the Artillery detach-
nand, who claims him as his prisoner. The troopers
of the 10th have relived themselves by the men of the
Artillery detnedimentgrisoly guarding them as prisoners.
No supporta appear to back up the adventurous gallopers
of the 10th. They seem, as they sit there, refusing to
quit their grip on the gone and gunners, as veritably in
the lion's den. Sir Ilepe.G rant, the umpire,rides up. Ile
is excitedly appealed to for hia fiat, lie gives it against
the Hussars and their Royal leivier. Nay more, be rules
that they and Ws could not have been alive after their
dose of grope and cal iiter bail the warfare been real, and
that therefore re,w they niu.t be prisoners of War. The
words are no sootier out of Sir Hope's mouth than the
Prince of Wales, with a wrench round of his bone's
head, rilit4 the spurs into him and go,, off at INSOres his
troop following him like a flock of wild ducks. The
chase is frantic. Sir Charles btaveley himself heads the
gallop after the Royal interloper. But the l'eince is
well mouuted, and rides an if he had as ninny necks as
any reckless galloper riding a Government mount. Ile
outpaces his pursuers. Round the corner of the wood
he goes, taking as he gallops the fire at point-blank of
the whole 27th Regiment ,• and the last we see of hies
lithe iron of his horse's hoofs as he fisshes down the
steep declivity of the Illackhilhroad. And so the startl-
log episode—the wild foray—terminates as abruptly as
It began, Begun in reckless violation of the rules re-
gulating this tuiniie warfare, earned out in utter die
regard of the possibilities of real warfare, and oonoludeil
In a manner, unique either in mimic or real warfare,
the episode way be said to stand alone, • wonderment
in the eyes of men meaning and understanding sAiler.
lags
On Friday there was a grand review, the force on the
ground wing 30,213 officers and men, 5,701 horses, and
'JO guns. The inspection was made by the Duke of
Cambridge, who was acoompanied by the foreign
visitors, and the surrounding hills were crowded with
spectators. The soldiers were drawn up in two lines,
the infantry in front, suit the cavalry and artillery in
the rein Mr. Cardwell was present, and succeeded
with remarkable success in embodying the idea of utter
inconxruity with hie military surroundings, his naturally
peaceful aspect being intensified by a dust ooat and a
white rob of monumental stolidity. Near him was Sir
John l'akington. The artillery led the marchinglisst,
followed by the cavalry, aid then the infantry. Tod
Brown's troop of artillery won especial praise, and the
volunteers did their work excellently. Thu, closed the
autumn minueuvres.

A correspondent of the Daily NMI says:—" I saw the
son of • Duke. with his shirt alcoves turned up, trying
what he might to cook • mailer of Marion on a coke fire,
on the tailboard of • forage °art, while • brotherloffieer,
with • face of preternatural gravity—for he was inter-
rested to the fry—worked the bellows lustily. Can you
help laughing at ttia picture? A fire and a frying pan—
to officer's servant skewers from the hying pan with •
fork something remotely resembling • beefsteak.
Solemnly bearing this trophy of crookery before him, he
searches through the horse lines till be reaches his
master's tent. llis master. very hungry is on the look
out with • great shoe of bread In big hand. Straightway
the steak is on the bread, and the officer goes to work
at the elluble stratum with • clasp-knife, as you see •
Berkshire waggoner eating bread sad bacon."
An amusing incident, but ..no which ini4ht have been
attended Cit., vary *triolte cotesequencee, took pl.ee at one
Part of the tell if l,otlie on Saturday. An advance 'eard if
the 3rd Surrey Militia came into collator, with a small detach-
meld of" the enemy," emending of about 20 anon e• MA
Itcynneat. The rival forces were no close together that •
hend.to-liand fight inti.t have enema] had the war been Is
earned, anei the militiamen, haring largely the adtantams of
must have inevitably annihilated their foe'. Under
the w I ircumstances they came to the conclusion that even on
• niimic campaign they were at all events entitled to the lion.
urof taking the enemy prisoner. rho 33rd men were
art voided, and summoned to 'told with a good grace: but,
eni..intd nil their varied accomplishments, it appeared that the
iara seen had net or been taught to yield. Their captain, be-
ing wiae.l by the militiamen, struggled to get free. Ills own
inch attempted • rerwue. Rifles were discharged at close
quarter., and even blank cartridge may be di:agreeable when
let otT in one's face. thic unlucky militiaman ascertained thie
In prat' ii.wl experience, and was no burnt Itt the eyes that be
had alterwar. •to be taken to hospital. If there had bani any
maskers of the umpire staff at hand the (rev :night have lawn
otiitiveil. lint the.-.o voinot he altogether
ithaiinitint., and the to;nisatas it giro 11P.re and litre fcrocioll,
Tie. !milled among them c ~,,, vnienised the natter by throwing
assay their deadly weapons and taking to their lids. The
more passionate began to Ile their bayonets and look bloud-
thirdy. At laat, In the nick of time, so umpire arrived, and of
vmra declared the smaller body pneoners.