The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-10-25
lore as ours, in the whole history

DOdbs TO assem-, oniPo, AVI "niOD
they are told ON to disembark infantry
and artillery. There was no enemy in
sight, bat long before the French had
landed their first boats c.Rrgo the figure
of mounted officer, followed by three
Cossaeks, had fallen within the scope Of
many a glass The Russians was wittfiza
about i,l00 yards. lie rode slowly
along by the edge of the cliff, apparent
ly noting the number and disposition
Of the feet, and taking notes with great
calmness in a memorandum book. He
wore a dark green frock coat, with a
little silver lace a cap of the same color,
a sash roundh iswaist, and lohgf1eather
boots. His horse, a fine bay charger,
was a strange contrast to the shaggy,
rough little steeds of his followers, the
Cossaeks-tout, compact looking fell
ows, with sheepskn caps, uncouth
clothing, of indisctinlllate cut, and high
saddles. Each of theses 1ssseks carried
a lance of some fifteen feet in length
and 4 heavy looking saber. At times
they took rapid turns by the edge of the
cliff in front of us-Dow to the left, now
to the rear of their officer, and occasion
ly they dipped out of sight over the bill
altogether. Then they came back
furnishing their lances and pointing to
the accumulating massof the French OF.
their right, not moro than halt. q mile
from them ON the shore, or scampering
over the Hill to report progress as to the
lines of English boats advancing TO tho
beach. Their officer remained for an
hour within range ola Mimic rifle, and
when the Highfyer stood in close to
shore he was eoolly makingsa sketch in
his portfolio. WfsfeH
DESTRUCTION OF HI RUSSIAN CAMP.
Atone o'clock most of the regiments
of the light division had moved off the
beach over the hill, and across the coun-
try towards a village, near which the
advance of the French left had already
approached. The second battalion of
the rife brigade led the way, covering.
the advance with a cloud of skirmishers,
and the other regiments followed in or
der of their seniority, the artillery, under
Captain Anderson, bringingep the rear.
By this time the rain began to fall
pretty heavily, and the wind rose SOFAS
to send a little surf on the beach. The
Duke of Cambridge, followed by Major
Macdonald, led off his division next in
order, and many of the staff officer who
ought to have been mounted, marched
on foot, as their horses we're not yet landed
While the troops Weae d~Tsembarking,
one of the accommodating steamers re-
turned with the news ola Russian camp
situated near the beach about eight miles
south of the place where we were land
ing. The Sampson, the Fury, and the
+ Hoeak,o,,c - n1&h f1rao FraDol,
steamers, at once proceeded to the spot
indicated. They found a camp of about
5000 men formed at a niles distance
from the sea. The steamers ~openedfre
with shell at 5000 yards. The French
shells burst in the air, or fell short
The Fury and Nesu0ia1s were little
more successful, butt the Sampson pitch
ed she'll right in among the tents, knock
ing thrm over right aud left, anddriying
the soldiers In swarms- out of the camp,
which was destroyed after less than III
hours firing.
A DAsIING. FLEET.
L have heard of a dashing thing done
by some of the 9TH and the Riffs, who
were among the earliest arrivals. On
reaching the rising ground they observed
ufC IluSklu Oul1OOk hbSOLo3 kudl Wy
some Cossacks, in the distance they i'm
mediately gave chase, and the enemy at
once fed without striking a'blow; on
looking round they saw a dozen more at
a small distance which they capture ed i'm
like manner making in all "a wagons,
containing -four, 166 oxen, and six a
els. These SP0kG pTTn1aG of the war
were probably the baggage wagons ofthe
Russia rs retreating from Sebastopol.
THE FIRST BIyoUAC
No tents were sent on shore, partly
because there had been no time to and
them, partly because there was no Ger
tainty Of our being able to find carriage
for them. Towards night the sky looked
very black and lowering; the wind Csc
and the rain fell. The showers i~ncreas-
ed in violence about midnight, and early
in the morning the water fell in drench-
ing sheets, which pierced through the
blankets and great coats of the houseless
and t~entless soldiers. It was their first
bivouce-a hard trial enough, in alleOn-
cience-worsc than all their experiences
of Bulgaria or GalIipoli, for there they
had their tents, and now they learned to
value their canvass coverings at their
true worth. Old generals and young
lords and gentlemen were exposed hour
after hour to the violence of pitiless
storms with no bed but the reeking pud-
die under the saturated blanket or bits
of useless water proof wrappers, and the
twenty odd thousand poor fellows, who
could not get I" dry bits of ground and
had to sleep, or try to sleep. in little
lochs and water ceurces-no fire to cheer
them, no hot grog, and the prospect of
no breakfast. Sir George Brown slept
under a cart tilted over. The Duke of
Cambridge had some similar c~ontrivnnce-
Sir De Lacy Evans was the only gen
eral whose staff had been careful enough
to provide him with a tent. In one re-
spect the rain was ofservice it gave wa
ter; but then it put fire out of the ques-
ton, even if the men could have scraped
up wood to make it. The country is,
however, quite destitute of timber
During the night it blew freshly from
the west, a heavy sea tumbled into the
bay, and sent a high surf on the beach,
which interfered with the process of
landing cavalry and artillery. The most
serious results of the wetting was a great
increase in Illness among thestroops.-
Several cases of cholera occurred, and
one officer of the 23d died, after a few
hours illness.
Lord Cardigan and his staff landed
from the Himalaya at six o'clock on
Friday evening. Lord Lucan also land
ed on the same evening. The whole of
the English cavalry out here-witha
Lieutenant General to command it and