Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-21


foot 10 foot with their numerous assailanis.
Il was bu, moment, and in the next they
had repulsed the attack and preserved the
battery.
Blu. j, was in vain our fellows display ed
all this courage-the enemy already out
numbered them at The rate Of 40 TO l, and
fresh masses were coming up every minute.
A perfec. semi circle Of FIRE from small arms
rsged round the battery, aud our men fell by
dozens, as. from The wan, Of . proper place
to fire from, they were compelled to expose
themselves ., the embrssnres before they
could return shot. Their numbers dimin-
ished every instant, while those Of the enc
my increased. Suddenly, the Russians made
another charge, and this time with more ef-
feet. From every point they swarmed into
the battery, like bees, in truly irresistible
numbers. The Ssh. true to their post, sgsin
me. Them q. the poin, Of the bsyone'; and.
driving The enemy back for moment, SEEM
ed ss il they would e,ill keep The battery in
last, the mere weigh, Of the enemy's masses
began 10 prevsi, and the Ssh, after more
Than ,wo-,hirds Of the pickle. lay dead a.
round, retired from the b..iery.
i va. now nearly o'clock. Most Of
The troops in The English camp were NOV
ing up 10 The scene Of action. soy most
Of the troops, for the fire was s'ill so hot 10
the rear and on the left, toward Sevas,opol,
tina, it was though. necessary to keep strong
reserves to NEE. any emergency that might
arise. Though j, was daylight, the fog s''ll
hung so thick that il was impossible 10 dis.
,ingush anything correctly, unless, within
few yards distance. IN fact, unless actually
with the troops in action, II was impossble
10 see how the battle was going. ] went
twice into action with our regiments, in the
hope Of seeing things more distinctly, but ]
am perfectly willing TO confess that the sw-
full rspidity with which the men fell, and the
shots wh,s,led, disturbed my compo.ure isr
more Than The most dense fog could have
done.
The rattle OF the muske.ry was deafening.
The incesssn, volIeys and effects Of the file
firing dispersed the fog. bu, replaced with
the thick white smoke guntowder, which
hid everything equally we'll Al this time
the enemy, who were losing ten men TO our
one, showed no signs Of giving wav. On
the contrary, they advanced toward The wall,
firing valleys with rs much GOODNESS end
regularity as if on parade. J am bound TO
say no troops could have behaved more
splendidly than The Russisns. They ap-
pesfed utterly insensihle to The fear Of any
thing bu, charge. When threatened with
that, IS ! havs said before, they dispersed IN
all directions.
THE BATTERY RETAKEN.
Abou, this time our batteries Of artillery
came holly into The 6gh, sgains. the enemy's
battery on the hill, which was doing us o
The spIenuIu management OF Ue,~'u1 ousug-
ways, they soon so far turned the fortune
Of The day ss to leave their infantry, attack
ing ours beyond The wall, entirely without
support. Advantage was instantly taken Of
the change to advance the ooh and 47lh
regiments to the right, for the purpose of
relaxing The .wo-gun battery. These two
regiments splendidly upheld the fame Of the
English troops. 10 spite Of a tremendous
cross-fre, they advanced at The point Of the
bayonet, and as they nesred The battery,
poured in one tremendous voIley and cbsrg.
ed. Ia less than q minute The Russians were
driven out, with fearful loss. Yet, hardly
were they clear Of the battery, when the
Russians rallied again, and returning round
The spot, poured in volley slter voley into
the columns Of the gallant ooh and 47.h,
and 8, the ssme time tho Russian artillery
re-opened on the battery in such manner
as neither friend nor foe could hold il. Un-
der these circumstances the 2Oth end 47.h
were compelled to fell back, and the enemy
again occupied the two gun battery for q
moment This turn OF possession was, how
ever, bu, brief; our feIlows sgsin dashed up
a, it, snd sgsin they literally uassscted ell
in The place. The battery itself, and ell its
approaches, were now covered with English
and Russian corpses and wounded. The
latter were few in the extreme, as whenever
the enemy occupied the contested post, they
bay one,ed ell our fellows who gave the Iess,
SIGN of life. This is no battlefield runor,
but fact, for the truth of which ] can my
self vouch; for, latter in the day, when the
battle seemed going sgsins. US, ] saw the
Russians killing The wounded who remain
ed on their psr! Of The ground.
AD0 no" TREMENDOUS Struggle eDsueO
for this position. The number of The enc.
my in and around the battery were q. Iess.
5000, ye. tho CoIdstreams charged end
broke their way through ell opposition, and
got 10 the work. The instant they had done
so, the enemy seemed TO redouble their ef-
forts 10 ,ske and keep the place. Fresh re-
gimen.s came up the hill, and threw them
selves into the battery from all points; bu,
the Colds.resms held their ground, fighting
with perfec. desperation. The battery was
now completely encircled in front, flank, and
rear; and, as The Colds.reams say, every man
in the place gave himself up for lost, and
determined 10 sell his life desrly. Three