Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-06-10

thousand men were stationed with their ar
'illery aud muskeiry, tn sweep his ranks
aud formidable body of hursemen. ~
heet aud powerful Arabian steeds. awaiting
The ouset aud ready to seize upon the 4 ghi.
81 Indication at confusion. to- plunge Wi
all the fury which faillsm can in-pire, 90.
nu hls bleeding aud maneled squares. 1t
must have been momtnt uf intense anNi.
ety. Bii as N ,pule'n sit upon ms hor,e,
80 the centre 1T one at tie -qlare~. aud
carefully exlnined Wlth his leiesc ,pe the
disp -iiion Il the enemy, No one could d.
Germ ihe slightest trace ut uuea~iue-s. HIS
Grave ~ vas luHg aud intense.
The keenness Of hts scrut.ny detected
thai the guns of the enemy were not NOUN
led upon Carriages, aud they cuuid not
the'eiore be- iurned FROM the direction "a
which they wcfe placed No other officer.
though many # them had equal, a. good
glasses, made ihis lmpuftant discovery. H.
immediately, 10y lateral movement guided
his army To the right, towards the pyramids,
that his squares nighi he out of the range
IT the guns, aud that lac might attack the
enemy IA the faux. The moment Mourad
Bey perceived thus evolution he OWNED ITS
object, aud wth great military sagacly re-
sol,rd Instantly to charge
You shall now see u, said ihe proud
b y, cut up those dogs like gnurds."
Ii was indeed fearful spectacle Ten
thousand hursemeD, magniiceulIy dressed,
with the 1eetesi steeds "a the world. urging
their horses with bloody spurs to the out :.
set rendlng the heavens with their cries
aud Causing the earth to l. em5le beneath
-. ~. l. = T.
the adamantIne host. Nothing was ever
seen IA war more furious than this charge
Ten thousand horsenen Is an enormous
mass. Those longest INJURED to danger felt
that 1t was an awful moment. Ii seemed
impossible to resist such an avalanche. -
The most profound silence rclgned through.
out the ranks, interrupted Only by the
word % command. The nerves of excite
meui being raised to their uteruusl tension,
every order was executed with the most
marvellous petcision aud rapidly. The sol
dlefs held their breath, aud with busthug
bayouets, stood shoulder to shoulder 10 re-
ceIve the shock.
The moment the Mamelukes arrived
within gun snoi, the artillery OF tie angles
pl"wed their ranks, aud pldt1u of mus.
kerry, yolley after yoley, III a perfectly un-
interrupted flow, swept into their faces a
plIlless tempest of Destruction. Horses
aud riders, struck by balls, rolled over eacn
other 10y hundreds ia the sand aud were
traupled aud crushed by the iron hoofs of
thous OF frantic sleeds, enveioped III
dust aud smoke. Comprising The nnyetuous
couhn. Bot the squares stuod lirm as
the pyramids at wh se base they luugut. -
Nut one was bruk,n--not one waYered-
the daring Mdmeiukes, IN the irenzy of
tneir rage aud disappointment, Threw away
their lives with tue utmnst reck es,ness.
Tues wheeled their horses rnund aud
rclned Them back upon the ranks, Iltt they
might KICK their way Inlo ihe terrinle tur-
lfes>es of iitng men. X ndercd furious
10y their maDilnJ to break the fauk-, IL ,
huled their pistols aud carbncs III he
heads oi 40, French. In wounded crawl
ed along the gr1und aud cut At the legs at
then induunaole Toes. Tne, di-pia, ed SUI
perhun "a brNe'!, tue "my 'luue mhIcu
the Aidneukes possessed
Bat an iuce,saut aud uercIiess ife from
n tpnieon's weil-trained batIalllous cnnilnu-
ally Trimmed their ranks aud at length the
Mamalukes, in the widest disorder, broke
uliu iltu TIC tiiiuukil III thF ttliituNtltu
camp witnessing The uiier discontinue of
the mounted troops whom they had cuusId-
cred ln,inclble. caught the pane and Joiued
the fight. \ tpUeon now, III his turn
charged with the utmost lnpelunsity. A
scene of Indescrlbaole confusion aud hor-
ror ensued.
Tue extended plain was covered with flu
gItWes-horsemeu aud fooImen, bewIldered
with terror, seeking 10 escape from their
terrible foes. Thousands plunged INTO The
rver aud endeavored To escape by swimming
To the Opposite shore. But shower Of bull
lets like hail stones fell upon them, aud the
waves OF the Nile we're crlmsoned with their
blood, OILERS sought the desert, Wild
aud rabble rout. The yIcturs, with their ac-
customed CELEBRITY, pursued, ptllessy pour
ing into the dense masses of their flying foes
the most terrible discharges of artillery aud
muskelry The rout was complete-the
carnage awful. The sun had hardly reach
ed the meridian, before the whole embatlled
host had disappeared, and the plan as far
as the eye could reach were strewed with
the dead aud dying
The camp, with all its Oriental wealth,
fell into the hands of the victorious and
the soldiers enriched themselves with lis
profusion of splendid shawls, magnificent
weapons, Arabian horses, and purses filled
with gold. The Mamelukes were accus-
toned to lavish great wealth in the decora.
ton of their persons. and to carry with
them large sums of money. The gold aud
the trappngs found upon the body OF each
/ Mamaluke, were worth from twelve hun.
/ bred to two thousand dollars. Besides those
who were slain upon the field, more Than a
/ thousand of these formidable horsemen
we're drowned 10 the Nile. For many days
the soldiers employ ed themselves ia fishing
up the rich booty, and The French camp
was filled to abundance. THIS most san
! culinary battle cost the French scarcely one
hundred men IN killed aud wounded More
than ten thousand of the enemy persisted
/ Napoleon gazed with admiration upon th'
bravery which these proud hosemen display
ed. " Could have united the Mameluk,
horsemen to the French infantry" said lie
81 should have reckoned myself master O
the world"
Romance in Real Life.