New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-14

Russians most gloriously, though with great
loss to ourselves, owing to their extraordinarily
strong position. Old officers say it was as strong
as Torres Vedras. The Russian army was
drawn up on the heights, upward Of 10000
strong, and with immensely heavy artillery, "a
and 81 Founders. The light division advanced
to the attack, supported by the first division
Guards and Highlanders). They got across the
river, and then advanced against the entrench-
ments. The 23d was in column when the brig
ade of Guards charged in line
My company (4th) was next to the colors, and
in the very centre of the line. We got up to
within fifty yards of the ditch, when the regi-
ment before US (Which has had three senior Off
GERS killed) turned right about and came down
in our face, thus breaking our line. We were
about thirty PAGES then from the ditch, and the
fire was SO hot that you could hardly conceive
it possible for anything the size Of q rabbit not
to be killed. / kept On shouting. 8. Forward
Guards!" to the few men who were not swept
away by the -. when ball came and stopped
my mouth most unceremoniously. 1t entered
the left cheek sind went out at the mouth, taking
out the front teeth. 1 instantly turned to the
rear, feeling it was about one hundred to one
against my ever getting there, as the bullets
were whizzing around me like hail, tripped,
and thought it was all over with me. However,
got up again with the loss of my sword and
bearskin, and at last got into the river, and out
of fire.
/ had then another struggle on the other side,
where grape and round shot were blowing up
the ground, and shells bursting; however,
stumbled on, and at last got out Of fire and sat
down among wounded and dying soldiers and
horses. The doctors gave me some water and
then were obliged to go to others; SO when they
left, sat there for above half an hour before
could find out where the hospital was. AT last
| an officer of the 10th, though wounded himself,
gave me his arm, and took me to the Fusileer
Hospital, where got some water, and sat down
to battle my face.
There were six or seven of our fellows there;
one with FIVE balls in him, another three, and
| third with his leg broken My servant got me
| some blankets, and we then got a stable, half
| burned down, cleaned out, and five of us lay
| there for the night, very wretched as you may
suppose, operations going on all around us.
Some weak brandy and water and some tea was
all we had. The shed we were in was horrid
| thing; the heat, and dust, and flies intolerable
| Poor B came to me in the howell we
we're lying in, and burst into tears when he
| recognised me, was 80 altered. Of course one
cannot have an ounce of lead through one with
out swelling, and my face is like good sized
| turnip; my mouth much larger than | have
any desire to see it in future. do not suppose
| the ball could have hit me in any other part OF
the head where it would have been attended
| with more danger-a most summary dentist the
ball was, to take out all of my teeth at one
smash except four grinders, (there was de-
cayed one, which l hope has gone with its breth-
rem, but | can't make out yet if it has or not. J
There is a good bit of tongue gone also, but the
doctors say that will not not signify, and that
| shall speak as plain as ever, or, at most, only
with becoming lisp: SO. altogether, think
even you must allow that have every reason
to be thankful, and I hope you will not allow
yourself to fret the least about me.
| Just as we were charging the great redoubt,
I / prayed g 0 God spare me! y and really no
more expected to return alive than if had been
tied to the canon's mouth. Only fancy grape
canister being fred at us within thirty yards,
besides whole battalion letting drive as hard
as they could into US. Both the other officers
in my company were wounded. The colonel
(Berkely) had his leg broken. All the sergeants
were wounded, and two killed, and, believe
ct least twenty or thirty Of our men.
was close to Lindsay when the Queens
color was smashed in his hand, there were
twenty bullet holes in it yet he was not touched
The fifth company. which was next to mine, hal
every officer wounded. Sir George Brown says
he never saw so hot q fire; and he was al
through the Peninsula and at Waterloo. Sey
mour was not wounded, but hit in the watcf
which saved his life.
Long after night had closed, faint light
might be seen moving over the frightful field
marking the spots where friendship directed tn
steps Of some officer in search of a wounded
comrade, or where the pillager yet stalket
i, about on his horrid errand The attitudes 0
some of the dead were awful. One man nigh
be seen resting on one knee, with the arms ex
, tended in the form of taking aim, the broy
compressed, the lips clinched-the very ex
, preston of firing at an enemy stamped on tn
. face, and fixed there by death; ball hal
struck this man in the neck. Psychologist
and ANTAGONISTS must settle the rest. Anothe
, was lying on his back with the same expression
his arms raised in similar attitude, the Mini
5 musket still grasped in his hands and undis
charged. Another lay in perfect arch, hi
: head resting on one part Of the ground and hi
/ feet on the other, but the back raised hig
t above it. Many men without legs or arm
a were trying to crawl down to the water sid,
Q Some of the dead lay with calm. placid smil
on the face, as though they were in some de
licious dream.
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