The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-12-27

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DESCRIPTION By AN ENGLlSH
On tho 18th, about 4 A. NJ. I heard all
the bells in Sebaatopol ringing, as if fol
alarm. and at the came timo the dis
charge of guns from the town at that
hour vas efeater than usual. About 2
"A NJ. the relieFing pickets meschsd OF
and about $50 the pickets Ehlch had
bechreliefed arrived IN their tents--
They had no sooner done 30 I speak Of
those OF the Second Division, where ]
wasT located. which division occupled the
ground close to the field OF battlel when
mnsketrr vas heard the pickets of that
division we're attacked, and the whFle
camp got under arms The Rnsslnus
had attacked our position IN great force
astheFdid on the 10Th Fheydroye N
the pickets and got their guns on stAe
same ridge where they we're before, 50
before We we'll know Hat the enemy
was so near, the shot aud shells dropped
into the tents IF the Second Division 50
fast. that although the tents were inn
mediatelF struck, at the end oftheaetion
there was hardly ore that was moi more
or less damaged while some were al
most cut into shreds. The Second Di-
.-o-S6>5 NJ a. reacl tba attack.
go 49, zaa E5artv nart q!
sns---ms.s-asxsssl SairasDi.
$3.50 - - 2rsserva and the
m f1s.i5, Re.S. v5o we're AZ Balak-
- :. tbs battla ME
100 -. -~-e @s-essiEelv onoa6Sa
ksih infantry and artillery The Turks
01 49, sx-L11~. Laeowa snd was
Is ~ e.. n Some-
9os efs1 ~ 1s ~ sr;nn would
@s1ss ~. - 1890 - botn s,3es and
sss s%.,n nth creater fury
M -, 80 DARK and fopov. and
- s,sn .I,,i5 ha1aiv he said to rise : at
e1s ss IL 80 1900 that 1;tb
2ns 49, al [sr1d II Saen
-. anu 80. e ! rnns Later
- $780, elesTsd oF and tile
sns 6ne. before
~ $500 b.d from their i'm
1.-,E5rs 80 nnnaraba and ex-
n41 sas-S1 con our ridgeg
Ia sbsr tLo ssnecE Of affairs changed.
- ts-Ie~o foread Ia retire They
3 H. 1SsssfunT and mns.
ss~eozSe.a those hat I saw were
sImosf blown e pieces. Their ~artille-
EE1sssa 5~ceilant Aassoon as
K 5sts1s vas ended I went over the
es1d On on ridoe. where were. d
5sffsr;SS nc ar6nHd was covered with
49, n~;nc;pa5v Russians their bodies
fes-fsilv ebattered. They fought des-
1srs575 one time were nearly out
ne and carrvino the ridge
One Russian. or rather his remains, lay
On the parapet of the breastworks had
It not been for his clothes he would
have dropped to pieces. He had been
FteerallT blown from themuzzle of gun
-bila IN the act of climbing oyer the
Eresst.Serk
then went to the ridge and knoll
where our advanced piekets had been
and which were occupied for a time by
fbe Russian artillery. There were not
81 mang bodies. for the Russians had
Families carried them off: but there
wsve a,n carriages smashed fthe guns
Ind been carried back BY the Rnssials)
and numbers of horses killed and woun-
del bv canon balls MANY disemboWeled,
and others horribly mutfIated and still
aliye-some with one leg shattered, and
stilf staadinc@ thcn crossed the road
which rms across the field of action,
where onr right had been. A little in
advance Is battery fortwo guns, which
had been eFeeEed for the purpose Of 81
isne;ng i Rassian battery or the other
: aF The T5Eermann VALLEY. This
6sS;5e been done fbe guns had been
lono since removed. Here the fight had
heen 6ercest. and the sight exceeds all
decrintson For q great dist nee the
5-os5a Vas Acknowledgement with dead;
R5ss;sas Zopavez Frenchmen of the
line F55l;sE -g6ardsmeu and hnesmen
Law Eea5ed together. Here was the
oreatest s~lanefer bnt every where,
1bere any 6pbtino dad been. there was no
Eanf af isodSes. and I am certain. iudg-
;nr from -tbrss visits To the ground.
tbsk far eyerv Enolishman or French
man there were eight or ten Russians.
The wounds we're frightful-some we're
<foned omen with shot or shell, some
had their leos blown of, others were
beadless and7th brains of many had ae-
fnaIlv dripped out ofthe immense hole
made bythe MIME bullets. leaving the
emnfv
Fovtv.e;eht tbauaaad fresh Russian
Z-se5s.s5 T6e-Iaa COME orfm pc-
-sFon S1S ven conveyed ~ carts. and
s-ccompanied bv the era nd Du kes
Michel and Nicholas They had march
ed ont of the town over ni1ht, together
uifh ali The available fayee there. and
Isv n the faot If the hills near our no.
sSt;on Tbesnioht was dark nd r.;nv