Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-12-30
no 15ld d fngsrmann ai.er the BaLtlo.

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ItnS, ColhoAll, Goldi5, and sllaugfAys we're kills
od. Yrslelday afternoon, near the camp, Lord
Raglan and most Of tie ulIei English and French
objects Allend1l then funerals SlIangwsys wos
killed by p'ec6 Of shsll, which sltRok and bust
near Col. Pnnlet SomtI5eps hOise, close by LsIl
Rlglan Tie uuafjS have lost upward Of 900
me killed OF wounded, and % Officers. The
COldslryum G1arls had eight Objects killed. The
sub, 4lsl. 41ll, S1lh, aud 66lh, pIe enlllely cut
rp. The returns TO daygivs SO Objects killed and
IS wounded, Our tOlpl loss Is 1880 Upwards
OF 5000 Russians, dead aud wounded, Teua.ll on
the field Of battle. or these mole than 6,OVO
are dead Our Mimic bullets have mangltd Tue
Russians In Tue same awful manner os al Alma
Neatly oil ourdend were killed by shO; ami SHELF
som Of the;Awere 50 manged as barely 10 be Te-
equitable lVl human remains. II is aNiul to
slaNd on one VI tie heights and look ytI tue field
THE gtound is hidden by The Coipses. Round Tie
little battery which Wus taken aud Telnken so
ollen, ATE $500 dead Russians, PoE oGOutbU
Yards around the outside OF tho bnileY They lilsf-
ely lie Two and three deep. Many Of the wOund'
I'd we're Afterwards killed by The shells which Tue
Russiuns threw from the fOfls 10 tie noEl oil lie
h0IboT,
Nov. Don the evening Of The battle, went
over the battle field. think have said over aud
over again, that il w0s o sight which could never
be described, A considerable nNmbei, some dOO
toll zoo Russians killed aud wounded, were lyins
among our tents, hire also wete many, TOO muny'
corpses Of Zouayes and RIenCh Infantry Of lhe!
lne All our wounded have been removed, ana
tile wounded OF The enemy weIe being GoIheEed
in. TIE kindntss and attention OF our lei
lows 10 Their helpless eLemles was beyond oil
praise. They gOl Them water got knamacNs 10
put under lheiT heads, aud borrowed blankets, IN
which 10 cover them lrOln The raw night ait, hsIe
aud there, small gtOups Of them stood absorbed ~
pity round sOms pro lfpic G, TO whom lhell KIND
ness came lJO late, aud WHO, Slot tllheI through
the head OrlungS Gospel out his eSisleheelh pam
fol sobs, VI leinhnatvd Tin bOTubIe cohvu sion
which nilde your blojl cuIdle ~ helT'
A lille above The line oil ienls was me lllI
OyeTlo king lnkemaLn Lights, Here was The
spol wlete tie oiled anilely ell oged that OF The
enemy alter The felteat, aud Lvte lhe sight WIS
y,cseniny. There is nolhng 50 nwlul as The spec.
tace OF lie bodies OF those who have been struck
down by found sliOl VI Shell. Que poor fellow OF
the 95lh had been struck by i've q pounds IN The
head and body. A she'll Afterwards bursl on hun
and tore him TO pi,ctsj and II was only BY The
fragments Of cloth, will tie TegimenlHl buttons
aditEing, that you could Tell that the rough bloody
msss which lay In the road had ever Iesn Il hu
man being. Bulh is useless 10 dwell on these
slckeuing delailsj suffice il 10 say thai ltIe,
among lhe Carcos,es Of some two hundred Killed
aud wounded horses, 10y tue OOdles OF our brave
English and Rtench arlIleIymeu, oil mote OF less
lIishtCully nulllated. Some had llriI hsaJs taken
olI al The neck hs with on aAej oilers lhelt leg
gone from the lipsi OthvIs their AIMS anu others
again, who wire Int In The chest OF stomach, were
literally as smashed % ifthey had been smashedby
machine.
BUTT was not nlene tie Allies who lay helei on
tue CONTRARY, lhsIg were ten Russian cofPSs ioT
one Of theirs, bu. The latter were all killed by
lnuSketIy before The artillery came up. On this
lhe Russians kept dfOpping shtl!Slhe whole night,
bul theft VindiclIve efforts weIein vaini oil WHO
lag in TeaCl Of their missiles bod suRgled the last
which they were 10 endure on earth. Passing up
The load to SsbaslopO, between hoops OF Russians
dead come 10 the spot wheIe The guards had
been compell, d 10 EellTe from The defence Of tue
wall Ueloiv lnkennann Valley Here OLr dead
were nearly a. numerous as the enemy's. Across
the path, side By siIe, lay 6guOfdSmU1 who wuEr
killedby one round shot ss they advanced 10
chsTee The enemy; they lay on their face, in tile
same attitude, with their muskets tightly gmsped
IN both h,nJs, aud all bud tie same grim, painful
flown upon their features, like lnell WHO weIt
struck down in lhe act Of closing with theft Toes
Beyond, the Russian uaIdnTen and line regiments
lay lhiokJas leaves, inltmlsd With dead aud
wounded lOlseS, The latter, with fractured limls
were now aud then rising, aud after staggering a
few steps, rolling over among lllv cOfmys, snort
ing aud plunpng leahuly
Up tu The TghI Of The wall was the WY 10 The
Two gun battery The pat lay through thick
UTushwOOd, but the path was slippery with OlUOd'
and The bTushwoOd was broken down aud enoum
beled with the dead, Tie scene from The batter
wos awful, awful beyond description.
| stood upon the paTapet at about nine Of night,
and Hell my heaTlsck as gpGed upon The scene Of
carnage Around The moon was al lis lulb and
showed every objeO' aslf Ivy 'ight Of day. Facing
me was Tie valley Of lnkeman, with The TclltT
maya like baud OF silver flowing gracefully be-
tween Tie bills, which (OIyaTied aud picturesque
beauty, might vie win any putI o. The world. Yet
shall never IL coll Tie memory Of lnkeTmannNAl.
Icy Tut with feelings Of lOathinB aud horror lot
fOnnl The spot from which surveyed Tie scene
lay upwards OF 5000 bodies
Mnny badly wounded also lay lleIrj and llieiI
low, dull means Of U0ral agony struck with lIOr
rbe dislincluess upon tile eat OF worse still, tie
hOatse gUTgng cry and vehement struggles Of
those 10 were conyuIseI before they passed away.
ATound lle hill small groups Of men with hospital
slIelches were searching out (Ol those WIN still
survived; and Others again, with lanterns, busiy
turning over the dead, looking lOTile bodies VI Of
fcers who were known 10 De killed, bul who had
not been found, Here also were English women,
whose husbands lad moi returned, luttying about
with loud lamentations, turning lie faces Of OnI
dead 10 the moonlight, and eagerly seeking for
what they leared TO hnd These latter were lnt
more TO be pilied lan II inanimale (oEms Of those
WIN lay slaughtered around.
Tie ambulauces, as lasl Hs they came up, re-
ceiyed Their load Oi sUleIris, aud even blankets
were enploye'l 10 convey The wounded To The rear.
Outside Tie battery, The Russians 10y two to tilce
deep Inside the place WIS literally full with the
bOdiesOl Russian GuOIlsmeD, 6Sih end 20lh.
The line, fall forms Of our pOoI fellows could
be distinguished al q gnnce, though The grey great
coats, Sluillvd with bOo5, rendered them alike eX.
lrnally They lay bs they fell, in heapsj some.
time one OF our mell over thee or four Russians,
aud sometimes Russian over illvEv or four Of
ouB, Some had passed away with smile on
Their faces, and seemed as il OSleep Olhets were
horribly distorted, aud with dislended eyes and
swollen features appearing 10 have been in great
agony, but dtlyng 10 The last Sote lay IS IL
iTenatel loT burial, and 0s though The hands OF
relatives had amngel tlviT mangled limbs, while
ulleis again were IN almost startling positions,
half standing or kneelng, CluiChing tlielI wra.
pons or drawing 4 osHFidge. Albrylay with b1lh
their hands stretched towards the sky, as II TO IL
yeII Clow or utter prayer while Others lad .
Malignant scOwl OF mingled fear and halrsdj as II,
indeed, they died dvspuiring. Tue moonlight i'm.
paled on aspect Of unnatural paenesS TO ihetI
iOtms; and, as The cold, damp wind swept around
The hills, and waved The bOughs above lleiT up
TUNED faces, ibe shadows gave horrible appear.
anCe Of Vitality aud il seeuel as Il the dead we've
lau. hing, aud about 10 Use. This was the case
on one spot, but oil the bloody field
The Rpssisn soldiers, have aiItAdy remarked,