Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-29

since ma ol WaI"r|oo, was fought on the twenty
mn al february, 1881 anil the place " here s,od
commanded a We" oithe whoc ground. The Rus.
sim amy was nhser HE comma nj Of DicbitscI and
eehslsledo ct ono hundred and nytl1ousand infant
y. forty thousand cavalry aud lace hundred and
twelve peiccs Of cannon. This ,tnous force was
arranged n Two lines al combat .ills and n thrd Of
reserve. It's left wing, between Wavre md ,hc
nar ies OF Nstul, consisted al l., divisions Of IN
laniN o orti seven thousand nien, three OF cavalry
al ten lllensanl 1--we hundfed. and hun,lr ed and
eight pieces ol Cannon iac rlehl consisted ol lhree
and hail divisions Of la.iiIiy q. thiuy one ,h5lis
and nen lour-dslsions VI slry OF liliren thousand
sovcu hundrcd and Giy m., and Gtly. Two peiccs Of
cannon. pan tbs borde,s uf lie great f,fest on
paste the fo,est uI Elders cans pienuus from wiete
! stood, vas placed me reserve, commanded by the
Grand Dtlhe Constantine. Against this immense ar
my tho roles opposed less llmn iily thousand mel,
and hundred peIces al emnon. under the command
Of Gcnria Shuzyafekl,
At tho break al day lie whole face u tho Russian
nglt "ihg. with terrible fac OF tiIty rcccs Of M
nilcry and columns ri infantry, charged The Polish
'tll win lhc determination al carrying II by "a
Slo aud oserpowc,iug effort, The Poles, with sly
Thousand Axe hundred men aud Twelve peiccs Of AZ
illley, not Wedding ioo oi ground, aud know iny
tS could hope hil uO cGo, resisted tlhls attack
10, hours, until mo Russians scLened their
the. About ten O'clock tbs plan suddenly GOV.
cred Will thc RUSSIAN ulces, as .uiug from the cover
ct the iorosl, seeming one undh ded mass al Troops
I"o hundred pcttes al cannon, posted on Il sinuIo
imt, commenced fire whicl naJe the earth lren,.
bic, and was more Icn ble dian the oldest officers
many ol whom had fought At Marengo and Auster.
luz, had ever beheJ. Tie kussmns now made nm
attack upon tho righ wang. bu, l,lcd in this as up
on the lett; D'ebnseb directed tbs strength Of his
army against the forest Of elders, hoping Il, .iyidu
tho Poles ln'o Two paris. One bundled and Nv cnly
peiccs al canuon ~eic brought 10 bear on this point
and MY. batl'ions necessarily pushed toihc attack
Acp, up scene . massaer" uohca,d ofin tie annals
VI war. Polish officer who WAS M the battle told
me that tbs small streams which lntpIseco ed the Tor
eh we,e so clokcd with dead That tho infantry
n'lche, ,liceHy over tier bodies. The heroic
Poles, with twelve batta IONS, for four mo nrs defen
dedr|c lorcs, agains, the tremendous attack Nine
Nmts they we've d,ysn cut, and nine ti,nss ty Sc
ts al admirably csec uied nanm usrss, lley repuls-
cd llic Russians with immense loss Batteries now
conc cntiated in poin, were ii NJ hurried
TO .nolhe' aud the artillery advanced 10 the charge
like cavalry, sometimes within hund,ed feet Of Tie
enemy columns, and there openeda murierous dte
oisrape.
AT three O'clock, the Generals. many Of whom
were wounded, Tie most Of whom had their horses
shot under them, ami fought Oh foot a Tie head ur
thcir divisions resolved upon retro rade n,oycu1ent
SOFAS To draw the Russians on the open plain. Tho
ussmn troops then debontbcd from the forest, n
cloud al Russian caSalfy with several regiments Of
hcay eurasslers NJ thcu head, To i,e attack. Co.
lionel l'lene', who had kept up an unreni,ling firs
from his battery for five hours w,tll perfect sang
nod upon aasablcd piece Of cannon, remained Ia
give another effective fire, then lcd at full gaiopa
post which he had SD long cupc,l under the ter
r'be fire oithc enemy sartlcty. This rapid move
meat Of has battery animated the Russian forces.-
Tie cavalry advanced under lroi upon III. line of
IA battery ofrockcIs. Atenible disc harge wa, hour
ed into their ranks, and tho horses, CALLED to mad
ness by The flakes OF fare, became wholly ungoyerna-
BILE andbrolc away. spreading Disorder in every d.
fecuon, the whole body swept hcIplessly along ths
fire Of the Polish infantry and IN few minutes was
50 completely anniialcd that, of giment Of cui-
rssieis who bore inscribed their helmet the ''ln-
vmcibles.' not man escaped. The wreck OF the
ou's cavalry, pursued by Tho lances. carried along
In lis fllsh, lie columns VI inintry. a general re-
treat commenced, and thc cry Of Poland forever "'
reached he walls Of Warsaw cheer tlss hearts Ut
It's anx ous inhabitants. SO terrible was the fire II
'lmt day, 'lm' in the Polish army there not a
single general staff officer who had mo-, his horse
Killed On wonnded under linn two-lids Of the Off
GERS, and perhaps, Of the soldiers lad their clothes
picrccd nth balls, anil more than tend, part of the
army were wounded Thirty Thousand Russians
andtcn thousand Poles we've lei the field OF bat
ue' lanA upon rank lay ~ osrae on the eanh, and
the forest al elders was strtwcd with bodies that
ii received rom thai day he OF the forest OF
the dead The Car ileald with disnny, and all
Europe with Ostomshment, that The cros,er of thu
Bdlhan had been iullod uuder the walls Of Warsaw.
All day, my companion SAID, ,hc Cannon ading was
terrible. Crowds Of cItlzeus. Oi both sexes and all
ages were assembled on le spot Where we stood,
earnest watching the lpogress VI the battle Stating
IN all its ,icIsstudcs IN The hig hest stare Of excite.
mcu as the CeaunS up Of lllc columns at smoke
show ed when the Russians or Poles lad fled and
he tcsc bed the cuny ofthe remnant Oithc POLISH
N my into Warsaw sublime nd terrible; their hair
aud faces were beerilnined with powder and blood
arnBu III shattered and broken aud ALL even y
ing men. were singing patriotic songs, and when
the tourth reg I'M cnt. among whom VAS bfothero
my Gu III panou, and who had particularly dist in.
gulshcd themselves IN the battle, crossed the bridge
,.nd field slowly through the Streets their Iances
shWucd aGalst the culrassos OF the guards, their
helmets blolcn. their fac Is black and spotted with
blood, some erect, some ~, and some barely
able 10 Sustain themselves the saddle, above tho
din al the chorus at pnuluic songs the tislfac,
ted cries OF mothers, wives, daughters, and LAYERS,
seeking among this bl Oxen band Tor forms dcarer
lau lite, many ot whom then sleeping tho
Battlefield aea-a
Ny companion told that he then lad Of
seventeen, and bad begged with leans 10 be allowed
to acco n,pany his brother; kut his widowed mother
cxioicd Il om linn PROMISE that he would not at
tcmItt, Aliday he hati slopd with his mother gu The
very spot where did his Hand hcrs, which she
srs'sped cunyulsycly every peal ofcannon seemed
he knel Of her sou: and wien the lancers PASSED,
she sIrlDg from his side is she recognised ia the
dropping sure oi an oheet wish has spear broken
in his hand, ihc sure Of the gallant boy. lie
then rceImg in his saddle his eye was glazed and
vacant and ic died ihai nj ilt IN her arms.