The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-12-06
HoN. FRANCIS HOOD KILLED.

4 0pSaLAoioSl3fAl VI LAS OVCEdLlOH
on the land side
| HON. FRANCIS HOOD KILLED.
Among the deaths ia that of the Hon
! Francis HAod, who was commanding tn,
| GrenadierGuar He was killed. by
a round shat, while with covering party
of his regiment in the battery Hi
death was almost instantaneous. HI
led on hiss-5sa with great cooiness ant
gallantry-sz Alma, and was generally
regarded IS an able officer; be was much
liked, anani loss is felt severely in the
regiment.
NARROW sCAPE OF THE DUKE OF CAM
1due BRIDGE.
In front of the Camp, on the brow ol
the hills a house known as the Picquet
house. Round it is a yard, enclosed By
stone wall Within this the Duke Of
Gambridgeand Sir G. Brown were stand
ing just row with many of tho staff,
looking at the bombardment. A round
shot passed between the two generals,
and wlIizzing a1sss the yard, was STOP
ped by the waa on the opposite side.
The duke laughed the matter off, but
Sir George, thinking the number of
conspicuous uniforms had attracted the
fire, in,Rsediatly ordered the officer
commanding the picquet to clear the
yard
ANOTHER FATAL EXPLOSION.
The FIRE has been very heavy and well
directed against the 2l gun battery to-
day One of the -enemy's round shot
struck the muazle of large 90 FOUNDER,
breaking, it, and killing and wounding
by the fragments several who were
round Among the victims of this shot
was Lieutenant Greathad, First Lieu
tenant OF The q Britonnia flagship.
He had been, inyalided home, but re-
turned to his duty, and 8as on the eve
of promotion. A great part of his side
was carried away. s.
WATER GIVING OUT.
Report says that Polish officer, who
escaped frem tho town during the night,
and has given himself up as prisoner
this morning, describes, the town and its
troops to be in pitiable state The
number OF killed aud wounded is said to
be very great-there is much want of
water-aesl some of the stores of ammu-
milton arc said to be very defective in
quality ata! condition.
NcRE4sEoF DISEASE
There is. a great increase Of dysenteric
disease ameng our men. Lying out for
twenty four hours at a time, in the
trenches, or covering the batteries else
gi7crc--fixed to one spot, and In A con.
strained psstare- exposed 20 warm sun
by day ana heaVy dews by highland
: hia 3ssz ssstls raal,rki1,.s without
Of eost--these are no doubt the
causes of the increase of this affection,
but they are unavoidable -
LETTER rRo1 NAVAL OFFICER
H. G s. BRsrAssIA, Oct. 18th.
At2P NJ we we're in action, and as
time viii not allow me to give long de-
all L can say is, 1 never heard
such . row in all my life We were
firing ] hours; then up anchor and went
out at sunset. Our list in the squadron
is A killed. and 200 wounded We had
n wonderful escape In this ship; the shot
came into us in all directions, and yet,
thank God only niae wounded. The
worst of it is the Russians have sunk
their ships across the harbor; we can't
get III, and not half near enough outside,
on account of shoal water. However /
think they got good dose; but no. one
can believe what a place this Is. In a
month, or less, our army has been re-
1uced from 25 900 to l6, 900, by deaths
and wounded. And yet have no doubt
people in England arc crying out because
Sebastopol is not taken, and upbraiding
nen who have passed through such
scenes as viii never be described. Yes
terday the shot, shells and rockets began
10 fg about US long before we anchored,
,QA the deafening noise, The hiss of the
and the roar of some thousands
afIguns, you may amuse yourself by try
hg to Imagine We were ordered not
o FIRE before orders were given to begin |
from deck. L had charge of eight of the |
heaviest guns, stood on the ladder, and
waited for the word, at last it oame. |
[ tried to keep cool, but could not help
getting little excited, and sung out
Now you beggars let them have it. .
Ard then began the row, which lasted |
ill we could not see, and has left US all |
IS deaf as beetles and as thirsty az cab
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