The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-12-06
The Characters of the European War

es of the master-spirits in the present
Eastern war" Nicholas was born in
the year 1896. He is the third son of
the Emperor Paul, whose tragical death
by strangulation is a matter of history.
In the early period of his life, the pros
pect of his ascending the thrown was
extremely remote-indeed, highly inn
probable. Alexander, his elder brother,
occupied the sovereignty, and Constan.
tine was the next in the natural order
of succession. As in the case of most
Of the younger branches of sovereign
ho1ses in Europe, a considerable portion
of the earlier period of Nicholas's life
was spent in travelling from court to
court, varied by attention to the duties
of a military command, In which he
distinguished himself by the improve
ments he effected in the efficiency of the
Russian army. In 1925 Alexander
died, not without suspicious cireumstan-
ces attendant on his death, which
were probably strengthened by the fact
that succession deyolved, not upon Con-
stantine, but Nicholas. It was not
without difficulty that he obtained pos
session of supreme power.-The Sui
Aoh - MY was y III OOuotoAel4O~
pie, In 1923, and assembled the throne at
the age. of sixteen. He was a mild aud
gentle youth, and inherited the reform
ing tendencies Of his father, and the
s~oftness of his Christian mother. He 10
tall and slender, with black eyebrows,
pale face and thick lips. At first. his
career was timid and irresolute, but of
late years he has manifested consider
able energy. His reign promises to
prove the most important in the modern
history of his country.-Lord Raglan
Commander-in-C Chief of the British
forces In the East, the eighth son of the
fifth Duke. of Beaufort, was born in 1855.
He entered the army at the age Of six
teen, as a Cornet in the Fourth ORA
goons, and he accompanied the Duke of
Wellington to Denmark in 1907. He
subsequently accompanied him to the
Peninsula, and enjoyed a greater amount
of the commanders confidence than any
other officer In the army. He distin-
guished himself in the engagement at
Fuentes donor in 1871, and in the
storming of Badajoz in 1912. 1t was to
Lord Fiozroy Somerset now Raglan)
that the governor of the caitadel surren-
dered. In the memorable battle of
Victoria, and throughout that brilIient
campaign, Lord Fitzroy Somerset dis
tinguished himself by his activity and
daring. In 1914 he married Emily
Harriet, second daughter of the late,
and sister of the present, Earl of Nor
niagton-consequently niece of the
Great Duke. At Waterloo he lost an
arm, and that decisive victory ternina-
ted the first act of his military career.
In iS47, he was made a Grand Cross "f
the Order of the Bath, and on the death
of the Duke of Wellington, to whom he
had been long military secretary, he was
raised to the Peerage by the title of
Lord Raglan, made Privy Councillor,
and appointed Master-G eneral of the
Ordnance.-Prince MeHschikoff was,
born in 1888, aud is the great-grandson
of Peter the Greats faVorite. In stat
ure he is the middle height his gait
naughty, though slightly affected by a
limp, occasioned, it is said, by a wound
which he received in 1928, when en-
gagged against the Turks at Varna.-
His features are striking and well de-
fined; his forehead high and broad:
his eyes are bright and sparkling his
hair close cut. There is a curious
anecdote related of the wound which he
received at Varna. Tits affirmed that
one evening, having given some instruc-
tions which he was DESTROYS of seeing
implicitly obeyed, he traEersed the whole
camp, and as he was leisurely returning
stopped for a time, and remained with
his legs stretched wide apart, while he
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the loud roar of artillery was heard,
and the Prince fell to the ground
Great was the CONSERVATION in the camp.
On being taken up, in was found that a
~eannon-ball had passed between the
Princes legs, and wounded him severe
ly in the thigh. The Annual Register
states that he was SO severely wounded
that he was compelled to relinquish the
command of the army. Prince Men
schikof is one of the most extensive
land proprietors in the empire, and
counts serfs by thousands but his av-
arice is unbounded, though in st. Peters
burgh, his establishment is on the most
lavish footing His hatred to foreign
ers is intense. Not one, even an ambass-
ador, has been permitted to enter his
DdldCG- TIduC1S OduIOOC1t l4C EAOOOco-
or of the Count st. Arnaud, and the
Commander-in-Chie of the French
forces, was born in the Department of
Lot. In 1885 he embarked for Africa
where he distinguished himself, and won
the applause of his superior officers. He
returned to Frauce in 1889, with the
decoration of the Leion of Honor, and
in 1910 he was on duty at the camp of
st. Omer. In 1871 he returned TO At
RIGA, and again signalized himself. In
1913, while the cholera was raging in
the garrison of Aumale; Colonel Canro-
bert distinguished himselfb by his courage
and his labours. He returned to Paris
inIS60, and took the command of a
brigade of infantry, aud was also attach
ed to the Prince President of the Re-
public as Aid-de-Camp. On the 18th
Of January, 1885. he wss appointed a
Geoeral Of Div;sion, and more recently
he was placed at the head of the First
Division Of the army of the East. At
the battle Of the Alma he rcceiqed a
wound, and before his departure, 49,
was known to be occupied IN profound
studies, having for their object a
knowledge of the theater of war, as if
he had a presentation of his future des-
tiny. This is the officer to whom has
been con6ded the duty of sustaining the
high honor of France in what is likely to
prove the trembling siege of Seyastopol.
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