Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-12-16

opened cross.Hre upvn the sunpDsed foe. Our
cavalry stood to arms After half an hours we'll
sustained fire. it was discovered that the horses
were without riders Much amusement was ere
ated by this little nrht surprisc Above one hun
dred aud sixty capital horses were secured in
cluding generals charger, with very Gne trap
pings.
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ing along on the ground up the side Of hill, TIL
they appear to he within three hundred wards Of
the enemy and thus they lie on their bellies till
chance offers when crack roes Mimic and down
falls II Russian. | was informed most credibly
that one of these brave fellows few DAYS since
thought he would 90 and do n little business on his
own account, got away from his comnanv and
crawled up close to battery under shelter Of a
hill, lay on his back and loaded, and turned over
and fred when after killing eleven men, party
rushed out, and he looked to his heels, but sad to
say, volley was fred after him by this party,
which eveled him with the Garth and he was SUBJ
sequently picked up with thirty-two balls in his
body.
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| The lloRRoRs on THE BATTLE FIELD-As mat
ter of course, the field on the spots where the cav
airy contests had taken place presented Il horrible
sight; more 50 from the peculiarly ghastly nature
OF sabre wounds. In such places the dead and
dying mcn and horses literally covered the ground
Both ourselves and the enemy appear to have Rad
two horses killed or wounded for one man. This
gaFe the field an unusually sanguinary appearance
very likely to mislead those not ON the spot.
have always imagined that split skulls and clover
heads were figures of speech until to-day when
have, indeed been terribly convinced Of the reality
I of such horrors. Some Of the dead to-day hao
their heads rs completely clOyen as if the opera
ton was performed by surgeon with saw
Nearly all the Russians so killed Our iel
lows had been principally slain with lance thrustS
/ saw one body with II such wounds through the
chest aud stomach. Another man had six, which
all were mere flesh wounds and not dangerous
The game man, in the 18th LlncerS extraordinary
and Incredible as it may appear, had two horse
killed under him, one or two sabre and bullet
wounds in his cap, his sword bent double in its
sheath by Mimic bullet, five bullets in his saddle
one in his lance-stnh, and sword cuts innumerable
Such escapes may well appear miraculous, yet III
hurried hnnd-o-hand combat they often occur
There was large proportion Of killed and wound
ed officers; it almost impossible 70 distinguish
them from the prvates, except by the superiority
Of their uuder-cothng. Their uniform was pre-
ciscly similar to the common soldier, with the eX-
cepton of narrow strip OF gold lace on the
shoulder. Struck with this peculiarty address
ed one of the Russian officers who was slightly
wounded and could speak French, aud he informed
me that the cause of the change III the dress was
owing to an order to that effect which had come
/ from St. Petersburgh about three months az :,
when the invasion of the C"imcn appeared prob
able lie also said that Gen. Ludcrs ha COM
manded in chief the attack of to-day, and that tic
cavalry were under the orders Of the Grand Duke
Maximilian0vitch. Most of the troops had been
sent in by Menchikof who had collected them
from different garrsons and depots throughout the
Crimca. They had marched from all parts OF the
country, and still had five days provisions with
them, and expected more. Prince Menchikof was
greatly out OF favor with all the other Generals,
in consequence OF his defeat ON the Alma posi-
arainst tbc worll The ine,t WAS attributed to
his NEGLIGENCE. On the day Of the battle Mcnchi-
koF ,yore the uniform of a nryate cavalry soldier
Tho .,,,o nei.or inG,r,oI mo ho ,,.,e cCrton ,yc
. shOuIl fake SpNuStODOI. either ly
land The Russians had thrown IN So many addi.
,innnl works that the rlnco wo. even STRANGER than
whcn wc first snt down trG,rt il Our fire on the
town. boweyer. had dom GOOD deal of mischief,
esner;,llv in settino fire. IN Eu.sinn hosnital in
uIIich wero t,ro tbHnsopJ silk and wou,ded. the
majority Of whom perisLcl in the flames lie laid
rho blame of This awful accident on the Russian
r"mmnndcrs, who dscliued to hoist any distin-
,m;shinr dn1 Lv which the allies might know and
TTo"n"ct 7bc 71niIdinr Several other Of the Rus.
sinp wounded smoke English. One unfortunate
ynnnc oairer, who had A desperate cut across the
ahJn97,on tLrouch which his intostinos we're rro-
.n,,d;nr, and rLo seemed in Great oronv was i'm
,Inu;n,S oro man to kll him snvinr if was mercy,
s 10 eoouIJ NOT i've After The fcht was quite
Jono so,y onr nen boatinr ont with the butts of
,ho;r nuSlots rho wretched Turks wbn we're hid
in(, ownv nnder the trees and bushes in all drec-
~ 3na of onr nor;nns was GtcrnIly kickinr
,onI tr ,Lo snIn nearly onn hundred Of these
o'0Nin o'0N in'' ~ Ir:i - H. ID, nf tbo.o roIl,us