Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1835-10-24
VOLUME ".

tCLOpIE v. hlO II VI "
81 say to ace Dnnois.'' she answered.
ss;he ways Of the Most High are not the
ways of man! He who i,ath raised peas
act g;rI to be a royal leader, can turn de-
feat TO victory, and triumph to most foul
disaster Neither, five advance. as well
know We will, shall the steel blade and
silver hilt hold, as their wont, together!
Seeing, thou shalt believe, and suffering,
trembler'
.sEnough - shouted the inpatient King ;
'senough Of ths-sound trumpets aa1 ad
yaDce!''
No further words were uttered, nor had
one spoken could the import OF his speech
have been discovered, aa.ong the changing
Of the trumpets, the wild shouts Of the
troopers hunying to th9ir ranks, the tramp
of the cavalry, and the GREATNESS DIN of
the advance.
The maiden turned her dark eyes plain
lively upward; she stretched her arms
slowly apsrs. and with a glze of mute ap
peal prayed silently! Her brief prisons a,
an end, she too buckled her weapon to her
side, laced her plumed helmet, aud haugh-
! lily rejecting the pgoffered aid of Charles,
vauIted, without the use Of rein or stirrup.
into her steel bound dernipique.
J The host was already in motion-march-
ing in four solid columns against the be-
slegers' lines: the knights an1 men at arms
ldismounted from their destricTs, crowdina
the front on f1ot, with mace and battle
axe, and espihron, instead Of lance and
pennon; their hoods of mail drawn closely
lover their crested helmets, their small tri.
angular bucklars flung aside, and each pro
ft&ced from the missiles Of the British by
IhlSAuge paresse of p ,lisIed steel without
jevice-Ar bearing, six feet in height and
| three in breadth, borne by his squire be-
fore him. Behind this powerful mass
came on the pioneers vita axe and mat
took. Eaggots and piles to undermine the
walls, Ladders to scale their submits, and
manteicis, Of plank covered with newly
severed hides, huge machines, beneath the
protection of which to labor at the walls
in safety. In the rear the ligh, armed fol
lowed, archers, and cross-5owmen, and
! iavelineers, and singers. 1t was. indeed
a host To strike dis.nay into the hearts Oh
the defenders, as it advanced steadily and
silently, with the deep silence OF resolve
right onward to the bastion.
! AT the head ofthe right hand column
rode the monarch, tina; to his left conman
dcd by Gancourt, and De- Ia Hire
Heading the others: and the maiden wht
had refused TO serve save az private lance
riding IN sullen apathy beside tie bride
hand Of the bold bastard. AT a short mile.
Distance the columns hTiitcd, while Dunoi'
and The leaders g1lloped forward conhden
in their coats Of plate, to reccnnoitre th'
position Of the heavy ordnance, t5e effect:
of which they had too terribly experienced
| to endure without an effort at avoiding {
second discharge, which 10 troops IN sole
lcolumn must have carried certain des'ruc
ton. Boldly they performed their duty
dashng up to within twenty PAGES OF iht
outworks, under storm OF bolts and shafts
tina. ratified against their armour IS close
! y but as harmlessly, as hail stones on ;
castle wall. Two bitteries were at onct
discovered, and as the rude artillery o
tia. Gay, placed, when about to be oiscaar
ged, on rnotionless beds of timer, ant
dragged. when on the march, by teams G
oxen, and could not be made 10 traverse o.
iconnand any other potts than those or
" llch 1t had been previously laid, there
was little fear ofso arranging the advance
a. avoid their fd.ai fire. Sill as he re-
iuraed the last from his reconnaissance
Dinois was i'll Mt ease. ..Fnere shout
be yet another" he muttered, sand to ell
counter it were certain ruin. A murrar
on that willy Regent; now hath he masked
I il cunningly."
But there was no space for further par
ley; with the bray oi'the trumpcts, and tht
/ deep clang of the kcttle-dsum, the sigma
Tor the charge was given; the soldiery o.
France dep'oycd from column into line
and with qHcSened step aad leveleC
weapons rushed forward 10 the assault
At the distance of some fifty PAGES from tht
WORKS of the bes;egers the ground was rug
ged and broken. the channel of dry nv
nlet running the whole length of their front.
its banhs scattered with blocks of stone
and ihickly planted with thorDy shrubs
The troops which had been formed OBJ
llIquely 10 avoid the fire of the artillery, had
sdvanced INTO this difficult pass before
they were well aware offs existence. and
before meeting with any opposition from
the enemy. The most broken ground had
been selected by Dunois as the point oil
attack, hoping by that means to escape the
range not only of the two batteries, which
having been discovered. he had already
guarded against, but that ofthe third which
had been so cunningly masked as to defy
the closest observation. Well. however
IS this had been devised, it so fell on, tha,
tee column ofthe king, which, partly ihro
the oAstInacy Of the royal chief, nd partly
from the Ill advice Of leaders jealous eff the
gallant bastard, had failed to deploy witt
the reminder oflhe host. advanced blind
II In It's crowded ranks uoon the very nuZ