The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-12-16
War Incidents.
Stockbridge, Nov. 20.

There are two companies of them. each COM
posed OF $50 men chosen from among the best
marksman OF the Chasseurs Of Einccnncs. In
the Eight they creep in front Of the entrcncli-
ment<, dig holes. and place themselves in them
as well as they can. Then they fire at the Rus
sian artillery men. They have killed so ma
ny that the Russians now close their cmbra-
sures with coat of double door, which is ball
proof But they are obliged to open it to point
, their guns and fire. and no sooner is this done
than twenty balls whistle through il. The
Russians have sustained such losses that they
were at times seized with despair, raising their
guns from behiad they fired volleys o: grape
shot at their diSagrccablc visitors. Ncverthe-
less the latter have succccdt d in eXtnguiShing
all the first line of their batteries say first
line. because there are several others in the
rear, the part Of the town which faces us being
an inclined plana.O which batteries have been
raised in lines one above the other. That our
Francs-tireurs have done good EXECUTION is ev-
ldent from the fact. that in the evening Of the
10th. General De Martimlle chief OF the gener-
al staff, received d note informing him that the
Russian fire had become uncertain. ana that
artillery men were SO scarce that the guns had
to be served by the infantry. Express no sur
prise at the word uncertain, for rom tie 1th to
the l1lh the Russian gentlemen did not cease
to point their guns at Us as Il target. while we
did not deign to answer them even by Il mus
kct shot They. consequently. attained such
precision that the day We unnaskcd our bat
tcricS their balls entered our cmhraslrcS as il
cast by hand. One bail wcAt into The very
mouth OF Il cannon, but was too large 10 prnc-
trate more thau third: it. however. stut X
fast. This was considered so curious that tn,
gun was carried to the generals tent to be-
shown to him.
SPLENDID SIGHT.
l cannot conceive Il mere splendid sight than
was witnessed durin. this afternoon. the two
armies, the Russians being enormously strong.
and our own. wat ting for one or the other to
! advance. with an occasional she'll Ivy way of in
v,ta:ion or challenge. Dut for several hours
there they S:"'d. as if coi.tent with what had
already ia',.,n pacr. and We 20 near the two
that With b al 81 NY rlrS good holland.
! c"uiG distinctly see the colon u their uniform
{4rmE.' 2n:' their standard viii, an eagle on
tine top OF ii ! c"nlI al>o plainly see IN" dead
both men and horses. on the -ccnc of the late
encounter. ] observed one horse stand full,
an hour hy the side Of his dead rider. While
Others were wildly galloping abo14 not know
ing which way to turn their r.d3icss cour.e.
H0w IT IS Done.
One of the most wonderful things think is
to see the way in which our rilrlnrn 90 about
in small detached parties. crawling along on
SGOuDu up tue Sue ~ q NIL, iii lIpS
pear to b. within three hundred varsl; of tic
enemy, and thus they lie on their bellies til
chance oilcrs. when crack goes a Mimic and
down falls RUSSIAN. | was ini,raic! most
crCdibly that one of these brave fellows a few
days since thought he would go and do 4 lttlc
business Oh his own account. got away ircm his
company. and craW led up close to q battery I'M
der shelter CT a hll. lay on his lack aud
laadcd and turned over and fired, whcu after
killing u mcn ~ party flushed Ont and lie took
t. his heels. but. sad to say. yulry fired afr,r
him lay this party. lcvci!s,l him with the earth.
and he vas subsequently, picked up wish 81
balls in his body.
WOUND: ANn 81. :Gf.uNS wul.n.
Tn Trays charged RICH: through The Rus
sian cavalry. who nnlsli.rvd ahomi liyc TO ore ::
got uiroundet ly ,hen,. made another ;.Laroc
and cat thclnst Ives out by sheer .i.ht'nc. Col.
Griffith get shot in the head nralCt Major
Clarkca sabre cut at the back of his neck
Corenct Prndcerast shot til, OUCH the foot ::
Comet llandlry stabbed in the side aud arm,
being at one time surrounded by four Cossacks
three Of whom he shot with his revolver. and
the fourth WAS cnt down by bis sergeant
saw this young gallant fellow Il few hours af.
te", and he was then getting ready 20 RIO his
T. giment from III" temporary hospital not
tad ny his two wounds OF Suificrn, con>t u,lcncc
to keep him from his post. The Colonel did
the same, after getting his head dressed
Maior Clarke did not. believe. leave tic
field. also saw J. cutrnant Elliot of The 9TH
Dragon Guards. riding into Balaklava his face
so covered with blood, and his head So bound
up that We could not recognize him. The cal
last Captain White. too % the Eth lanccrs.
when lying on his back when We came I'D TO
him. With round shot right through his lcy.
and Sir W. GordoI drcadfuliy eat about the
head both receiving. however every attention
and care from Sarge on Kendall. v lio was for.
mrrly at Southampton with Mr.. Wood. surgeon
OF that town. Iii this garden and temporary
hospital could be seen men with every dcscr;p-
ton o! wound from .!c sabre cat to the rrana
aud canister shot. One poor fellows leg wa,
;ak' off while we were there : nor can one cas-
lily forget the shocking sc"nes-ihc result OF
such days ighlinc. The surgeons (Brr;,a
and lis as i,tani. Chapplr.) wcic wuih.n. away
with their sleeves turned up. arms L.aull faces
the same. looking mere Ike butchers than sur
gc"nt. 20 hard had they worked uil day.
EXPLOSION ~ Grae
In on, lines We had an explosion of a twenty
four ponndcr. The gun was loaded with r,,.-
hot shot and too long an interval was allowed
To clapse between the loading and firing The
explosion killed twO men at Gree Que .!i,l an
h"nr afterwards, ai.d i.c were L:!.liy wounded
I bis was ON our left flank
ON lii" 24th. tthe eighth day of The Siege. We
had another explosion on the right Faux, Tn.
story has air of Nunclauscn :,iInu, i, and il
The facts were not well Known. should have
some scruplcs in telling il. An e;ehi-incl gun
had just been loaded Will. live she'll. and ia,
match was applied to fire il OF: at tla; mo-
mrnt one OF the enemys she'll. entered IN. oun
,nd ID" two shells exploding, burst The mortar.
Every nal !" the battery Was more or less hurt.
81 &c "rrr Killed.
On TIE same day wc had to lament the los,
81 APT bidder. a. The Royal Artillery. He
lea AS Col. Hood d!,d before lin. While
"'k 'hg out from the battery, a ball took OIL his |
read.
FROM ONE OF CAVALRY CHARGE.
There were the Grays and First Royals M at
MS time. and we charged ihem-they had no.
hing else for it. so they charged at the came
ime. Oh, God ! cannot describe it. They
'cre so superior in numbers that they outilani-