Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-08-22

CAMPAIGNING IN HUNGARY.


Mcneil, contains series of letters by a
Cerman officer in the army of Jellachih.
They throw good deal Of light upon the
mode in which the war is carried on be-
,~een the Hungarians and Austrians.-
Tho following interesting passages from
,heve letters are translated by the New
York Tribune In reading them it
should not be forgotten that the sympa-
,hies Of the writer are naturally on the
Austrian side:
myself often find it difficult to under
stand that am still alive and have a
: whole limb to my body. The hardships
have been through in the past few weeks
Shs dangers have escaped, are almost
beyond my power of description. As |
was always with the advanced posts
which, by i'll luck, latterly often were the
Yesr posts-of our corps, and as for the
most part was on the move along with
my little troop, toll and danger were
measured out to me and mine in double
quantity. had long forgotten the APP
pearance Of a bed or chair; and from
the hour we left Pesth till day before yes
terday, when we were forced to take n
DAYS rest on account Of the exhaustion
Of our horses-the exhaustion of men is
Of course never thought of had not
f. once taken off my clothes. How fright
fully | look with all this! | could not
help lau Ching when first saw myself in
. glass: long beard mcandering in no
very ornamental fashion over chin. cheeks
and m outh; my nair cut as it happened
BY hussar; a bllck cloth over my fore
head to hide slight cut had received a
few days before from Hungarian hussar:
nv long, white cloak covered with gray,
black, brown and yellow blotches, varia
gated with stains of blood, and cut and
pierced by gashes. bullets and the fire.
brands Of bivouacs; my shake hacked
and smashed; instead ofmy neat bootees.
coarse water-boots. high over the leather
splatter-dashes of my trowsers; and not a
jot Of fringe remaining on my black and
yellow scarf My sword is all battered by
the blows it has given and taken, and
covered with thick rust OF blood; my
favorite Ali, my noble war-horse, is worn
thin as cat. and is minus an ear through
the cut Of sabre, but sell fresh and
ready for new battles-as thank God! his
master is also. My soldiers, too, hold
out well. but look even more like troop Of
robbers than like robber captain.
For the rest. more than half of those |
had with me at the beginning are either
fallen or badly wounded, and my little
corps has had to be filed up twice. But
tho great empire has many people & what
harm is it if we all go to the dogs! The
Emperor always gets soldiers. Human
life falls low in value when you have trlec
ayear Of constant fighting as we have
done.
As we are always in the immediate vi
cinity Of the enemy. and often set up on
watch hardly mile from his outposts. W
have had. especially lately. as much fight
ing as one could desire Scarcely da
has passed without our being bcst
by the hostile hussars either in grand 0
moderate style. and we often had thi
pleasure for breakfast and then again fc
supper. and some days were nothing br
one continuous skirmisl. Generally
was only a few sabre cuts that individu;
horscmen exchanged with each other. 9
carbinc bullets that the outposts sent fror
each side, or else the business was to car
nv out or to hinder some shrewd ambus
cade But now and then the matter be
came serious. and there was sharp fgh,
ing and battles even, in which the cras
of cannon came in to play its part. The
many rider must change his seat o
horseback for a long resting place in tn
cool earth. The greater battles were i
par. very bloody. for they were fought o
both sides with the greatest courage an
with indescribablc animosity. Thus {
Gyongvos | saw two squadrons of 10:
suth-llussars charge thrice Il hollo
square of our infantry, twice the quie
we'll aimed fire of the foot drove thei
back; horses and men tell in platoons. b,
with loud rim ing shout o" IIuzzah. T.
jen. Ellen Kossuth!" they dashed up III
third time at the top Of their horses spec
regardless Of the hostile fire, and brol,
the ranks on which their sabres now rage
like lightning. Alas, we could not fly t
the help of our brave comrades. for at IN
moment we were engaged with an over
whclming force of the cnemy's cavalry
Though at the end of the struggle "
held the field. our loss was not small.
cannot be denied that the greatest part ,
the insurgents. and especially their ca
airy, fight admirably, ana show cou
age and skill which belong only TO goc
soldiers. What are those boastiul. nois
scowardly Italians to these bold Maya
and death-daring Poles!
To describe all the countless lit
fights in which have been engaged lat
ly, would be tedious. There were man
mourniul events and few agreeable II
gay spirits and excessive confidence wi
which we began the war have disappea
cd. 10 give place to a manlier tone
mind. Merry war and drinking sons
are now seldom heard in our bivouac
Every day comes the news that this
that friend or brave comrade has met Il
death from hostile bullets or sabres. or Ii
dangerously wounded. When such a
nouncemenis follow continually, the so
must at last become oppressed. BeSid
latteriy. the order has not been Forwar
but Backwards sad word for the ear
brave soldier When this unhapr
war will end cannot be told. The Hin,
uarianS will carry ~ 4, .bg -.