The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-09-14
THE FALL or HUNGARY
Gorgcy aadhe CaUurYir az lHagoa
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ny \ HoNVrp orriCCU
The sun of the c,eati,A l3thof August. lS-
50, rosc clear aud splendid over camp and
town. We we're awakcd from sleep IN our
carriage, IN the main street of the place, 10y
the ratuing of wagons Of every sort, the dis
charge Of small arms, aud the hum Ola by
rushing aud cNpcctant mass. We had arriN-
cd At Viago- from Lugos, nlr the evening
before; not without dangers and adventures.
There we're twelve ofus who, ia considcra-
ton of the gloomy condition Of our iorccs,had
determined 20 rontiaur fighting under 'iur
gcy, aud at Lippa We had been oycrtakcn by
more than thirty wagons, containing q whole
company, with its officers who like ~, were
-als -s,.st e',-- Joining Ala-armA-- And -hgiore
this, alargc number ofmcn had reached the
plarc, and in All some 1000 soldiers from the
army oT DcmBiH,Ki and kmcty,,rcrc- -rcrkuu'
cd a. lcing on their way 10 Villages There
wc,' many flgitycs among them who had
fastened towards Lppa Immediately after the
dcGat at TcmcsNar.
On leaving Lugos We could n. little bc n
ware Of Gorrcy', determination a. ol the re-
signation of Kos.uih and the cutirc ministry,
for the reason that these event, took place in
the afternoon og the ramc dny at wh,'hwc ar
rived at Villages,
a crowd Of soldier. ofall arm, and grades
was pouring through the streets Att,r seek
inc for icw moments We learned trum an ui-
fccr what every body had known there since
the pre- i,.,,- evening. the -,Vr-utirru nj tiur
rcy. We were struck ~ hy lightning. Be
tmvcd wa the Fif-sy y,r7i vf5gij ryti tT,'io
most of our lips, While the other. exclaimed,
Oid Magyar orSsug' lost /, Hungary From
the ewes of.omc fell tear oftury from other.
OF pain. Al the Officers of Gorgcy's army
whom W. spoke with that day believed IA
his trrachcry, and great a, was their rrycr-
cncc, for GorgcN few days before, great
as 10 b. almost tloiatry, the universal rictrs
tation they now Expressed for him was equally
vehement. | will attempt below TO make
clear my views upon this diGioult riddle,
which, perhaps, may never find q complete so
luton, but without any desire to force my o.
pinions upon others.
Afler going about the camp awhile aud sat
. iyCing ourselves a. to the profound impress
sion made on all the troops 10y the announce
ucnt ofthc vast step taEr7e..l>- the supreme
General, We hastcned up to the castle Of Nh
Yon Bohus where were the head quarters. In
she garden found General Schwcidcl lean.
ing against tree and buried in thought Pos.
sihly he iorcbodcd the gloomy destiny which
awaited him, con the 9th of October he wa,
one of the thirteen victims offered at Arad Il
The mIrcs ~ f.It0uT. tic WIS shot at0UE wttt
three other Generals. namely Kiss, Dcscwfy
and Torok; twice the soldiers missed him
when he cried Ia them "Iou are towards
have yod not courage To shoot a mani" Tn,
third discharge stretched him on the ground
On the terrace stool General Macy Sandori
gay, handsome man, but now in deep carnes
conversing with other high officers. lie wa
not so able General as Damianich, Poltcn
berg, and several others, but his was rcso
lutc and brave sword. At Walton, whcr
ne and Hermann Gorgey had the honors o
the iay,h kept the Russians fully employed
and also at Dcbrcczin il is well known, tina
for five hours with 900 men, he held i
check the entire Russian main body $500
strong, and commanded by Paskiewich i
po'-ef'' ThS great Importance attached b
thcRussians 20 the victory of Debreczin, ,whic
cost thema thousand mon, is shown by Il,
countless decorations, and the ak0se of tn
Gar, according to which, each soldier wi
was in this battle reccivcsa medal. Ia trutl
If the Russians had not proved their valo5'
earlier wars, this Hungarian compaign woul
not be calculated To inspire the civilized nj
tions oF Europe with tl,t. fear of them
much is certain, namely: that it was the pr
ponderancc ofthe allied powers and the
combined forced marches, and not Russia
hravc1. that oycrramc the armies Of Hung
~.
- On the out wall of the castle vat many hi hir
officers and beautiful women among ther
while other officers were going hack and 70
ward. Deepest seriousness was on every f,
tlre; conversation was going on here Al
there, and new aad then yri heard u brit
laugh, hut notrhat gay, jcsting laugh whi,
You usually hear in camp. In the grv
room many officers were crowding around
table where iiCrmdnr Gurrr1 -'re- vrttir