Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-12-22

| cut across the abdomen. through which his
| lntestincs were protrudlng, and who seemed
| In great agony, was imploring one man t.
Kill him, saying il was Il mercy, AZ hc could
not live. After the fight was quite done.
saw our men beating out. with the butts OF
their muskets. the wretched Turks wE1 were
hiding away under the trees aud bushes in
all directions. One Of ourmarines was liter
ally kicking back into the field nearly 100 OF
these cravcns.
THF GErAr Chv,LRY CHARGr.--1hn Rms.
slams have had -omc SEVER" struggle. lut
they have not the "plucs' Of EuglishinnG
for, though we arn FIR inferior in numbers.
we always beet thAr1 back. We are in thp
saddle night and day. | cant toll you how
long il il since ! was uudreeepd | only know
that it has been 70 long that have forgotten
1t. The worat affair we had was the d., De.
fore yesterday. At daybrcak the cnoinr np.
peared, and advanced in such numbers that
they took from the Turks troo IF their bltte.
ric1, and turned the guns np0n ~. We scr!
obliged 10 rctr"nt ont Of range of tlc guns
and this 80 cldtcl the cncInv that they actual
ly had courage enough to cotue into the open
field with ~, Three regiments OF t'l"ir cav
airy tried To gain possession OF the Highland
crs (93) position, aud charged them. but
they had time to repent, for they went down
like cut corn what were left OF them turned
aud fled, and We pursued them over their own
hills here they were reinforced by three
more regiments of cavalry. includin. Nicho-
las crack Imperial Guards. There we're the
Crews and let Eovals nm at this time. and
we CHARGED thcn-thcv had notbiny else for
it, SO they charged at the same time oh
God | cannot describe it-they were So su-
pcrior in numbers that thcv s.orit .Gankod'' ms
and wc were in the middle of thcm rrvor
certainly felt less fear in nv lil, than d;d ,,t
that time. and hone God will C,r.,i,c IN.
for felt more liko a devil ,,,nn a man H.
fought our v.ty nutor them a.. ,,rl,. Fn,l.L.
men can iiyh, and tho ttb All and t,h
were there n, y.ith n. I e.c,ncd ,,itI,rf a
scratch, thank God. thonob v,,. r,,.rcd
with blood NV horse v-;,.n,t ..r.n wounded
but oh. the vorl, Of sl9u-hta, that tbsn b...
ran--'tv,, tru1y atvr,l G,, sr,,,.c :, ,,...
necessary ,ve rut then, dovn liLc .',o,,, and
thew did not seem to h,,a rover ~ roIi,t
The rlain i, covered Win d.od Rr-.,,,,. ,,,d
of c6urse We IrFt tor,e of o,,r ,,,-,,. ,,r.,,1,
an tbs fold W. ,,,,i, la,, -
s,,.op ,,,,,udoI ''
FRENCH SHARP SHoo1ERs.-l must tell you
what the francs hreurs are, There are two
companies OF them, each composed of 80
men chosen from among the best marksmeu
"i the Chasscurs de Ninccnnes. In the night
they creep IN front Of the entertainments, dig
holes and place themselves As we'll as they
can Then they hrc at the Russian artillery
men; lhey have already killed 80 many that
the knssitns now close their emhrasureu with
a sort of double door. which is hull-rroof.-
but they are Obliged to open it to point their
gun and ire and no sooner is this done than
twenty balls whistle through il. The Rus
were at fines ss;,cd 1 r;,h ''1oos Jeo; Ina. 'Hey
their cnns Cro,o bah;nd tn .h -1isg
crane Shot M tboir d;sa,,rcoaIIn n' ;1;.A t"As Vi
Nevertheless tho la,tor bo,o s,,nooo,ioh -,
tingui.hinr nll tbc Grs. I;n, ac .La;u H.. H.
r,ns soT frs+ iiro booa,a ,"a ~ .nci. p'.tr-
al others in tbc raar tIo o.t trie e are are ''eI
which faces ms ham, nm innol;nod ni; VI ,Tu ''"!'
which batteries have been raised IL I;nn, o,,'
above the other That omr r.a,n,,;.,,',, '',, "''C
have dane oood nreor,;n,' 10 I,. u'S ~.
fact thar on tho oyc,,in, nr ,I n.,s 't.''' r nv
Martiicprc. chief nr tLn .,..,,,,..I -,I n,.,;,.-
on = note Informing him that tLn Hns.;an
fire had hecolnc unccrtain. and that or,iI,crv'
men were 50 scare. that tho runa he'd 10 Lc
served hy th. infantry. E,;rra-a n, .,rr,T,.o
at the word uarcriq;N; for from, the ,,ih ti thc
l1th, the Ru-,iyn gentlemen ,lii not cca.n In
point their guns at us asat " tarr.t. vhilo
we did did not iaign tJ answer them even hr
a mUsket SHOT. They cDus"Guentlv aitlir.d
such pr',i,uu tiat the div on which We
unmarked oar hattcrio.. tlrir L.,H. .n,or4d
our emhra-ugv- a. if cl,i hy the h.nd.. ono
hall went into the vcrr mouth IF 9, c,rrnn
but wa, too large to penetrate NOR. n,n ~
third. II however. stuck fast. |, f.. ,yas
considered 50 curious that ily ..,u ,y,,. ,or.
ri"d to the Generals tent - be shown to
him