Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-11-03

4 ti#aiH VIII H'fi'i we ''.''iiEa's -.
Incidents Of the Battle Of Alma
II tie commencement al tie action many
ladies NJ On the heights. Prince Mensch.koil
hal given them to understand thai the pat Of
tie Russians, i, would be mere reyiew-that
tic ailie- wrIld not be abe Ia meet his heavy
artillery and would retreat. \ soafodirg lad
been erected tor their accommodation, hut they
appear II have rctr, ated IN great haste when the
enemy ct too close, Tor Ae ueAt tay 81" are tod
The French bad g1oat spurt after the battle with
some eeinen'- CLOTHES which thy fupnd near the
redpubi Wlrfe they lost many ifen.
Severed f The wounded Russians fired at our
wounded hn were lying disabled near them In
consequence # nets of thi> snrt. all III" mu-kcts
of IN prisoners md wounded were broken oii at
tn -teck, and their cartridges taken from them.
Tn Russians who crowded thu field IN all the
cpuforfipu- of the lat agony wetr principally
soldiers # the 10Th and :i2d regiments. bne
officer my an witness. lay dead. with a
little la- sting between lis leg. position from
Which u prr>uatiuu could move Inn. He lad
been MORALLY wounded, aud had given hj- gold
watch IL 3 soldier who kindly gave him draught
of water. Another, quite n boy, lay with his
haHa- IN tie attitude of prayer.
Il i uow certain that u large force o the I'm
perIal Guard was present at the battle Of Ain ii.
| brir kuaP,ack- have been found and tc"
prisoners tukcn of their number. They rctrcated
ia excellent order, and IL mnrked difference was
evident between them and the ordinary troop, nt
thc lire. The latter are generally mere boys,
though strong and sturdy for their age: they
hnfr light hair blue or grny eyo.. and the
strongly marked Russian tacp with it, broad
not aud high check bone. The mon who are
said Ia belong 10 Ill" Guard are of hleh stature,
ana their discipline l. perfect. There are now
above l,ofD Russian prisoners N the B"sPh"ru-
The most melancholy part ot thu whole IN
pagn i the fearful ravages made by cholera and
fever. The epidemic l. sald 10 increase q nly,
and though this may be an cKaEgnution, yet it
i certain that whenever tire men exposed to
sudden changes of temperature great mortality
tolio8-. III" di-ca~c Increased after the dl-"In-
harkatlen, and the exposure to wind and ram on
the night Of the ! lth cau-ed the deaths of many.
Gen. T4dcu Of the Engineers was struck
down most suddenly. lie WIS riding about quite
we'll the evening Of the 2l,i, and by ten o
clock on the ensuing day WIZ corpse. The
worst feature Of the mnndy here is that it dos
not give it, prcmouitory warning, but that men,
healthy and unsu-pcctng are carried off after II
f.w hours illness. Colonel LLOYD, who came to
this country with til" intention OF proceeding to
trcassia, but who placed on the Quarter
mastcr-Gcnrrnl- staff IN the Grimea, L. at
TheraWa in ii very critical ~'ate. He was brought
down tsfs INV, II, aud VA taken with Asjutic
choola IN liz yoNngr.
II appears ila u CtIih.n cias- Il visitors ndui'
n profitable G,,t'- work hy visiting the field of
battle: ulgo~t every one ''fnundn something
One picked up nnr receivers and fifty ,oyereIgns
and one. Il Maltese, was reported 10 have realized
upwards of $50 in gold. Coats, boots, &c.
were all tahen otiby pIIaeers, and, n many cases,
the gold lace ripped off the uniforms of the dead.
\ great many rifles of superior workmanship
were picked up; makers name, "Nlalhcrbes, Of
Iiege.'
Russian general was captured after the
battle under rather singular crcamstanc IS lie
had heard the firing, and perfectly confident that
the action must have resulted IN our rcpusc,
came with a single attendant 10 the heights to
congratulate. a. he believed, Prince Mcn,chikotf
upon his victory. To his intense surprise he
nude ii prisoner, and brought in by Sergeant
Trottcr, Of the Coldstream Guards, who was On
duty at one OF the Uutposts.
Another general officer wis captured i'll the
rcdonbt. He was stretched on the ground beside
his fallen horse, apparently dead. An artillery
man. who had taken II violent fancy Ia his coat,
was about to diycst the supposed corpse of it,
when the body began to move aud nearly fright
cned the man off. 1t was soon discovered that
no harm had come to the gen raj; and ON his coat
beng opened, two stars announced Lis rank
The generals object was evidently TO lie quiet
until night and then make oif.-LoadOH Times.