Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-07-22
TItIt MALCuNrENr

" 'he hue,W3S with ut question the most
original oi the Grand Artnee.' IL WIS
on MS account that the Old soiiiess suC
ierei the ePlIhc, OF 'groguarIs' which
NaPo'Son gave tacm at rioa. Pho ruct
~as an excellent cnnrale, aud "a brave
sodieT' having no other fault THAI that
OF always Dctag diScDnlenIsl. lie was
ever coin planning, IN PA 'cs aud on
a. "ccastoIS- DItII.s tly fpIr wears
lnat wtS his crmp.,uIou nuI his bed
fellow, never heard \ word o! approJ a.
lion from mis- lips, or saw his couuje-
nance express the least sign Of sttisilc-
hon. When in garrison he complain "a
OF rePOse; IN campargn.of laugur; when
MS kna sack was we'll lileI he found u
too heavy; when il was empty he com
plaIued That he could not nh il; all of
which cdGsSJ MS comrades to say OF
him thu, IA a req neut OF maIcontents
Pioluet would mlaliib!y become Colo
mel Every bDly laIglcl at hlm--tne
oihcerS even, whJ pIrdoned the whims
OF rIoluet because of ms gOoi coniIct.
MS courage IN every trial and the may
DINER good qualities wnicnhe possessed
II was IN tue campaign OF Russia that
THIS monomauIa Of the corporal mss
strlkingly developed itself. Those lonr
marches Across "a desoIaIe country rur ).
nished him 81 neXhduSliOie theme for
complainings
For wha, now said he. DO we con
unue To bear our bones about the world
! would like To know what We have To
do wIih country of s1vaIeS, whore one
may march al hua !rei leagues withuu,
hnding even potato! If one might oc-
c1slonuily refresh himself with the re,
port OF cam n, a am1nI civilized ma
tons, 1t might be endured; but no, we
have not the chance 10 burn single cat |
ridge,and | am bearing about five bunch
esq
lie insisted particularly on this point;
pose cartridges which nc feared never
burning were Il weight insupporlable.
but ne Two nations could no longer
delay tae c3nAlcI. the Russians, woa-
Sled OF lIg urnei to face their foe.
80 dayS6aiore the battle OF Moscow,
nrISe,thc generals orders were ri
alosg the lines. The colonel Of the |
Isl went through the ranks OF his re. |
glment,anG ad dressed the soldiers: Chill !
dren! said he, the Emperor has bestow-
ed upon US the glorious task Of razing .
one Of the redouOts which the enemy has
constructed TO arrest the march OF the
army. ViUe-P Empereur, ct en- aranL'
This exclamation was shouted back by
the electrified most. Ploquet alone re.
tnrded II uot. hoard him only multer,
These Provlncials are a ways the same
they say the greatest service they can
render Us IS 10 force Us 10 be tAe first
cut IN two by the fire of the enony.
How! Corporal PIoluet,' said /, re
you not delighted TO see those fellows
near byr
Near by! Yes, when we shall have
marched an hour, with our arms shoul.
dered under the fire Of grape shot, more
than half our regiment will be rrlca#red .
before we can get chance 10 WORK Il lit |
tie.'
But what gIoryr said (.
All, yes glory! but not for you and
L. We wouId not share it were there
too much of it. We fight for the glory
OF these laced hat Parisans who hold
Inc rank Of hajor,who always have new
boots, and dine three times q day.
The regiment took up ITS march E. An
hour aiterward, II was exposed to the
hre oil the redoubl, which swept oil eve.
ny moment entire ranks. Our battllion
suffered most; There was a moments hes
HatIonj some new recruits who had ne
yer before been engaged in a like con-
hIct, dIsregarding orders, half wheeled
retreat. Ploquet, who vas IN the
thlrd rank. Intercepted them al The bay
onel'S point, swearing at the same time |
TO run through the first man, who should I
raise foot. While in that situation, a
ball from the enemy carried away his |
cairIdge box; at this he male the drol- |
lest grImance that ! ever saw. Give F..
lunches fcltridges!' said he gnashinp f.
MS teeth - carry them three hundred /
leagues aud not burn one Of them!'
~ this moment the entire regiment
advanced the Russian artillery ceased,
and moment of awful, solemn silence
ensued the oldest soldiers gave the sig.
nal Of parting ajIeu, and officers c!asped
hands.
Ploquet was two steps from me-he .
convulslvely grasped his frelock, his /
eye daried lightnings and his lips culver. I
cd. All at once blucish light shot
forth from the redoubt,a dreadful rumb-
ling shook the earth, and a thick cloud /
OF smoke obscured a view Of the battle
ground, already strewed with the dead
Ploquet was missing, and supposed he
had fallen, when the wind clearing ayav
the smoke, discovered 20 me his lower
hall projecting from one Of the port holes
OF the fortress, and violently agltatcd IN /
the endeavor to follow the other half, /
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