Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-12-05
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An English lragoon. wr!:in:: from ;hr emp M
Isaiakiaya under dat: o October ., after stating
that there ia n large Russian army in that vicinity
.n.iravo,irr tn get int" ScbnsInrsl, ant ha; hey
1.-THE act j are stationed ,!crc 10 keep them buck
SAYS:
We nrc in the .nd4ir might ami day. | cant, r,ril
how long Il is sirrn WAS Uud:esS"i; rnlY ~ lla.
i, has been so long that | have forgotten il. The
worst n.iar we ind the lay before Yesterday. ~
dnvhrcak the enemy appeared ard advanced, aud in
s,.h numbers thar they took from tho Turk, two "f
their batteries and turned tho guns upon us. We
were obliged Ia retreat cut Of rancc Of their guns
and tlis so clatrd The enemy that they Hctua, lad
courage enough to come into IN" OYan field with u..-
Three regiments of their cavalry tried 70 -ai. posses
sion of the IIighlandcrs iH3il pI'iiion am charged
Them but they had 40: ic 10 repeat, for ,lcv went:
down like corn. What was left # them ru:nc! and
fed and wr pursued th"m over their own hills. Irrr
thcv were reinforced by three more regiments of
caralry. including Nicholas, crack lnpry;n! Guards
There were the Grcys and First ROYALS up at this
time and we CHARGED ihcm-th,y had nothing else
for it, so they charged al the tand time. On God
cannot lcs rrbc il. thav superior in numbers
that they "outi,aukcd liz, and we were in tho d!lc
Of them.
never certainly felt less ienr in my FIFE thnn did
nj that time, aaI hOpr God will forgive m" ."r icl
more like devil ihan man. W. Tough, our way
on; Of them Ms only Ensishncn ran fight: and the
itl 5th and eth were there up with III. | escaped
without n scratch, thank God. though was covered
with LlnDl nv horse not even wounded but oh
the work Of slaughter that then bcgnn-'twas truly
awful but suppose it waS 1"ccs:ary; we rut them
down like sheep, and they di seem to have pow
cr 10 resist.
The plain is covered witt dead RussialiF nnd of
course We left some ot 0u' pnnr comrades on the
field We ONLY lost two. anC abOu, seven wnundrd.-
Well, when we had finished this ot. we thought ol
Going home to hrcakia.;; blt no they (thc enemy
had some guns over The hill, that Lord Raglan sent
word were 10 be charged aa captured nj any cust.-
So off We went AGAIN. 1h,yrcrcIvcd us very quietly
into their ground--Lord Lurn leading the IlcGvics,
and Lord Cardigan the Li.lit Brigade. The light
charged first this time, took II" guns, cGt down the
runnery and then, when thN Thought all WIS right,
there were met by Thousand oi Cos@ncks, who hhG
been in ambush.
The ROYALS, the Crews, thcih 5;h and 9Th now
CHARGED nyuin The buichrrig was repeating, when
suddenly cross :roni and ret. fire opened upon
from the hils-caunon, rifles, and file firing. can
not attempt IL describe 10 vorthc that cnsucd
balls shells and rockets wlzzinc about our cnrs.
The men on the RICH, anil lc!tot NE were both killed
on the spot. We hacked ourway out Of il rs well n
we could, but wore obliged T. enve the guns. C"..
Yorkc had his leg broken aii all the officers III the
front rank wcr,. wounded. The heavy brigade had
no, lost many men, but, sud tell, out ot ahoat Hrb
nf the light bricndc that wet into the field, only 400
cnmc out; but this il nohineto what the enemy suit
lercd
The London Times referring TO tho above massn-
ere, gives the number of lnglish troops that went
into action. and the numbcricturncd, MS follows: