The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-25 00:00:00

NARROIV ESCAPE OF AN OFFICER BEFORE

SEBASTOPOL.

The following extract from a letter of Lies
Frederick Jebh. of the 23rd Welsh Fusiliers, to ens of his
Natives, we (Derbyshir• Courier) are permitted to peasant
W oar readers:
" I had charge of 100 men. We were detached off the
support, and were reckoning on having a quiet night of it
le the tear; hut the Russians would keep yelling and firing
Sti much at the working party, that it was thought that
they were meditating a determined attack. Teo 97th Mat
thus Seen and about 30 men. We only lost five men.
I mess by lost, put hors ode combat. • • • We wow
Sot relieved at all, and had to rituals a second sight is the
boat parallel—henry, very dirty, and tired. About
one a.m. that sight we were all seated down—that is, ten
sears of the 23rd—on the banquets.. looking very sou,
sad talking over our hard fate. Ths grog wee
just coming round. I had drank mine, and B—
ens jut giving me wan of bit, whoa a mad
shot strut the parapet is the rear of B—, pushiog him off
the banquette and burying him. I was shot forward se-
'oral yards from the parapet, after baring ressived a lot of
grog is my face. I picked myself up, end fond that I was
all right @inept a scratch on tie wrist. We then prommodad
M Raloary B—, who was rather smashed by this blow. Be
Min pd to urelk home, and ia 'nursed slightly wounded.
I might have been similarly returned some time ago, bat
I did not receive the wound when is my proper place. I
Was running about the unfinished most advanced work,
With the white cap cover and the rod state ow, whisk
brought ow se a d-uhle cross fire from the Beau and
Sued Tower. I found it no easy task to dodge
the balls. One from the Redes grased my fore
hoad—jast above my left eye. I beard It coming,
sad fell dome, hut not quite quick enough.
It wee nothing at all, for it only took about
=ratters of an inch of skin off. bust before heists
(Saturday, Sept. Ist) I bad a most providential
SSW from big shot right through the heart I was
tie lasequene of the 6th parallel, watching the
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Me threw ask sew Boating Widget Oar men
ININI le both sides of me, so that it was
Moms • WIN sonsiag. Suddenly unwitting (I
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e mew) glee* ma right is the erase of this
I Onesereita little. There ware several
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els bele is my task, about two itches hut the suave
IS the left of my body. They exclaimed, • Poor fel-
low! he •is abet right thrush the boort' They
weld eausoly believe their eyes whets they saw
me carefully puts' down from the banquette,
lensed of tumbling backwards and bewails% my
Tbe first words I said were, • Thank Ood it has
Mt touched my lunge.' Os looking down 1 found the bell
bed pealed through the tulle in the side, and again through
the anew jut wader my ans. I keeled the ball had gone
• Ihrsala my basest awl bad seas oat between my ribs.
Zadis of my washiness% awl that of armee, else, wins,
thseptaias my Owls ash shirt, so hole was to be foend Is
why hady, sor eves a trees of blood. The sally way I sea
assent ha its., that I was Imams OS my left mu, shish
beadoead the smoke of the chest, sad thus sand the
be Se Wu. The part where the ball struck is rathse palatal,
let the skis is sot esatthed. Wine tie ball struck me it
made a seise se if it bail kit a beard. Swisyess who hes
Ma mil ear sad shirt Sabra that my *seeps was maul-
Ism. It sums to me like an set of a anis' Providwies
Hew thee% fel I ought to be to the Almighty for ea won-
derful as taupe 1 "

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