The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-12-23


000-I 5000 is nearer the mark The pro-
porionate loss of officers, of the allies, is
excessive. Supposing the Russian loss not
TO be over-estlnated, it would about equal
the allies in proportion to the gross numbers
Of the command of Prince Menschikof.
The allied generals have demanded an ex-
planation from Menschikoff respecting the
order said to have been issued by him to give
no quarter. A Russian major who gave Or
ders to his men to kill the wounded, has
been taken prisoner, and hanged. ...
We close this subject with the following
graphic and thrilling sketch:
THE CoNFLICT-THE BAYoNET.
And now commenced the bloodiest strug-
gle ever witnessed since war cursed the
earth. 1t has been doubted by military his
torians if any enemy ever stood charge
with the bayunet, but here the bayonet was
often the only weapon employed in conflicts
of the most obstinate and deadly character.
We have been prone to balieve that no foe
could ever withstand the British soldier
welding his lavOrlte weapon, and that at
Mazda alone did the enemy ever cross bayo-
nets with him but at the battle of Inker-
mann not only did we charge in vain-not
Only were desperate encounters between
alone-but we were obliged to resist bayonet
to bayonet the Russian infantry again and
again, as they charged US with incredible
fury and determination. The battle of In
hermann admits of no description. 1t was
"a series Of dreadful deeds of daring, of SAN
culinary hand-to, hand fights, of despairing
rallies, of desperate assaults-in glens and
valleys, in brushwood glades and remote
1lc Il oil nd
which the cOnqueror, Russian or British.
issued only to engage fresh foes, till our old
supremacy, so rudely assailed, was triumph
antly asserted and the battalions of the Gar
gave way before our steady courage and the
chivalrous fire of France No one, however
placed, could have witnessed even a small
portion Of the doings of this eventful day
for the vapors, fog, and drilling mist OBJ
scured The ground where the struggle took
place TO such an extent as 10 render it i'm
possible to see what was going on at the dis
of few yards. Besides this, the irregular
nature of the ground, the rapid fall of the
hill towards lnkermann, where the deadliest
fight took place, would have prevented one
under the most favorable Circums tances see
ing more than very insignificant and de-
tailed piece of the terrible work below. 1t
was six O'Clock when all the head-quarter
camp was reused by roll after roll of mus
kerry on the right and by the sharp report
Of field guns. Lord Raglan was informed
that the enemy We're advancing in force, and
soon after seven o'clock he rode towards the
scene of action, followed by his staff, and
accompanied By Sir John Burgoyne, Brigadier
General Strangeways, R. A, and several
aides de camp. As they approached, the
volume of sound, the steady unceasing thun-
der of gun, and rifle, and musket, told that
the engage ment was at its height. The she'll
of the Russians, thrown with great precis-
ion, burst so thickly among the troops that
the noise resembled continuous discharges OF
and the massive fragments indicted
death on every side.
OMAR PAcHAs MOVEMENTS.
The most contradictory statements are
respecting the movements of Omar
Pacha OF date 18th he is said to have re-
ceived orders not TO advance into Moldavia.
letter to the troops in the Crimea
says definitely that " a powerful diversion
is to be made in Bassarabia,' and runor adds
that two French divisions will be inmedi-
ately added to the army of the Danube. It'll
is difficult 10 see how Omar is to carry on
offensive operations and at the same time
to send $4,000 of the best of his troops to
the Crimea. The Russians continue on the
Pruth. with their patrols on the Turkish
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