The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-08-09

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,,a..h To me is that | had often to op-
J.! nose e hussars Of my own former reg'-
,,and in fact was again and aGam
] .led to fiqht them the hardest. Once
ws almost whole day skrmishlng with
E top consisting almost entirely OF form
: or ussars from the squadron to which
. hsnged for years A former corporal OF
e n own company, whom myself trained
d ga recruit. commanded them as officer,
n ad it must be confessed that he did 1t
: ell. l shot an old hussar through the
le head with a pistol, who had Known
.-he as cadet, and from whom IN times
epast had learned some useful lessons; he
3 fell dead from his horse, but he bad twlce
before shot at me, his balls going through
nv cloak and through the long tail OF my
horse. With one hussar who before had
been for long time my private servant
and served me truly, long contended with
nv sabre; we let fly our best at each 9TH
er and finally quit without great hurt on
either side. Earlier comrades, with whom
y / nau drained su r.saay bottlos, gained or
;. gossiped SO many hours, rode SO many
! wild race at night as we sailed forth from
the drinking rooms of Gallician castles for
& distant villages, now stood before as bitter
: foes. A hostile hussar, whom | had well
, known, once shouted to me in Magyar IN
the midst of fight: 'sThou vert once my
brave officer and loved thee, now thou
art the enemy of my country and L shoot
thee!'' Saying this he left off his pistol
at me, the ball whistling too close to my
. head for comfort.
A few days after l came together with
5 the hussars of my former regiment IN GU
= rious fashion. The little fights and skir-
mishes of outposts had been SO constant
/ for many days and SO tiresome, especially
j for the horses, that both parties wanted
f rest, and sort ola spontaneous truce arose
j; between the fying-corp We had set up
!, our watches about 1900 PAGES from each
f other, tolerably free from care as to an at
: tack, at least as to a surprise, for on that
!, day every body preferred resting to fight,
it ing. On our side the stock of provisions
a was very poor, and in the region about
Y there was nothing to be had. as the Mag.
d vars according to their fashion, had carried
:, off or hidden or destroyed everything.
= looked disconsolate as my people got rea
Y DIV the eternal mamaliga (corn BROTH A
I any rate, this is tolerable thin dish, bu
a when YOU have had nothing else for two
weeks it is perfectly disgusting, and | shall
7 never forget it in my life. In our wooden
- TASKS there was but little Sklikowitzer
q and there we sat forcing down our mea
# broth by the help Of a little wretched wa
4 ter, in bad enough spirits around our fee
;! bic watch-ire. Our opponents seemed
,. as usual better off for provender OF al
. sorts than we; their laughing sounded
. clear "a US, sri,r.ost His .aackszry- IL. n
once saw two hussars stand up on tn
. other side, and showing white cloth, ap
proach u.s. Curious TO know what 1t was
II went toward them, and soon recognizes
g two hussars of my old squadron. The.
: saluted me politely, said that they had
, stock of good things, cask of wine and
lo fat sow, and as they knew we were no
V very well provided for, they had come t
u >, ask me if | would share part of theirs
III AsI knew they were genuine Magyars
u who, when not excited, always act wit
honor, gratefully accepted the friendl..
=" offer, and sent couple OF men over
h them.
~ A few hours after, at evening, som
- horsemeu from the Polish Legion of tn
= Hungarians attacked us with such fur,
4. that we COulu iColSt thCili' 'OiiCi
- ally such truces between outposts tool
y ~ place only with the former regular troops
or the well disciplined Honved battalion
- or squadrons. There were many dlv1
- sions in the Magyar army which 1t woult
- have been dangerous to trust for moment
~ ~ If an outpost on either side wished for
ie few hours quiet, the signal ''to feed wa
blown. If it was answered from the enc
). my the armistice was agreed on-lf not
= rejected At the time for hostllltles TO re
- commence the signal "to saddle wa
" blown, and few minutes after came tn
Q. onset, or at least it was all fair TO attack
- - In spite of this friendly way of going on
the fighting was marked by the extremes
=, fury on both sides, and there was never
- word of asking or taking quarter. Th
y, Magyars hardly ever take quarter, and ou
y soldiers fight to the last breath rather thai
- give up their swords. How often have
seen horseman on our side or that OF th
Z. :. nIagyars, Covereu over and over will
. blood, defending himself desperately a
: gainst Overwhelming odds, and letting him
} self be hewed from his horse rather thar
take quarter I myself once defended my
'1 ! life for near half an hour against three ex
- Ihausted Honveds, and at last escaped only
by the vigour of my Ali. The horse made
a great leap over chasm across which
IS they dared not follow; it was then that h
q lost his ear. l got only slight wound OF
Ill the forehead, which would have gone deep
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