Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-11-23
FINS.
The Battle of Alma.

i felt (writes corporal of the 42d) what |
never felt but once in my life before, and that
was when boy at school, and fighting with
another. felt possessed of nerve and res
olution which never believed was in me,
though | WINGED little when saw cannon
ball or shell coming direct in my way, and see
ing some of my comrades cut in two bv it,
The bullets were so thick, it would make you
think you were in a shower of hailstones.
After we had taken the heights, (mind the
Forty-two' were the first to crown it,) we sort
of halt-fell out and were half-permitted. AS
| was looking at the awful carnage, came
across poor Pole; he was shot in the belly,
and was In great agony. | went down on my
knees, the tear stood in my eye, and cried
like child. | clapped him and gave him a
drink of water, which was all could do for
him. At that time the Duke himself came
up, the same as if he was one of our chum
and at the same time up comes a colonel on
horseback, and says, i have TO thank your
royal highness for saving US to-day 'Oh,'
says the duke, you must not thank me, for
these are the gentlemen that won the day, and
saved you The colonel replied, and Sir
Colin too 'Ah, says the duke, Sir Colin
is brick Aye says sereant Of ours,
'and you are brick YOURSELF and SO we gave
them three times three
An officer Of the 95th thus describes his
narrow escape from decapitation
"While in line, and standing up, we could
plainly see the shot-nine, twelve, and twen-
ty-four pounders-bounding along the ground
toward US and over our heads. One of the
latter-l judge from its size-I saw almost
when it left the gun. 1t came, apparently,
very slow, right for me, SO slow that one
would imagine it could be stopped byn& hand,
and about a few feet horizontally - m The
ground. | made sure that my last moment
was at hand, when, by instinct, bent myself
double, and at that moment, whiz | heard
the shot pass, and felt the wind Of it on nv
head. On rising, ! turned around, and saw
the shot strike against small elevation of
the ground 800 or 400 yards nthe rear, throw
ing up cloud of dust it then bounded up in
the air, and fell, spent, half mile further on.
Had remained in the erect position, nv head
must have been struck off. A short prayer of
thanks 10 Him who had thus so miraculously
saved me, burst from my lips"
Among the many exploits we have not
heard of an instance which surpasses in cool
daring the conduct of Lieutenants Lindsey
and Thistlewaite of the Scots Fusileer Guards.
the Queens colors being carried BY the for
mer, and the regimental color by the latter
gentleman. At the moment before the heights
were gained, and when the deadly struggle
ragged so iercely as to make it almost impos-
slble TO tell friend from foe, the two lieuten-
ants became separated from their battalion,
and found themselves, with the four sergeants
whose duty it was TO support them, attacked
by body of Russians, whose commanding Of
fcer had led them against the colors. A des-
perate conflict ensued-the four sergeants
quickly fell under shower of balls. The
Queens colors, carried by Mr.. Lindsey, was
torn into stripes, being pierced by cloud of
bullets. The staff was shot in two still the
gallant officers persevered, and succeeded in
cutting their way through the enemy who sur
rounded them. They were ably assisted, and
at the right moment, by Capt. Drummond, the
adjutant OF the regiment, whose horse at that
moment was shot under him.
Capt. Lindsey, seeing the danger to which
the colOrs were exposed, rushed to the relief
and with revolver pistol, shot three of the
assailants. The successful bearers of the
standard escaped almost miraculously, and
succeeded in planting their coIors upon the
heights which had been then but just won
from the Russians, Mr.. Lindsey having actu-
ally climbed the steep face of tn hill with
the aid of the broken staff, while he exulting-
ly waved what remained of it, with her Maj
esty's colors, over his head Neither this
gallant gentleman nor his equally distin-
guished companion, Mr.. Thistlethwaite, re-
celved any hurt.
Colonel Heygarh's escape was also a sin
guar instance of the battle field When he
received his first wound, he was in such ex-
'.0'ne ciose quarters with the enemy, that his
snou'uer' which was shot through, was burned
Dy me ulscnarge of Russian musket, While
lying on the field. close to the rivers hank.
which ne had but just ascended. and in an IN.
conscious state, another shot fractured his leg,
and IN the struggle produced by this concus.
sion, be rolled over and down the hank ;nto
the stream OF the Alma. The sudden shock