The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-12-29

the ,~e,gan battery
An this time the second, fourth. ana
Hgh divisions werr ranged inside the
wall cn the old poe, road, hfiue ever Il
into the ls,dics ol Russian infantry With
most terrible effect. The rattle oi mus
krtry was desfening, The incessAni
vollcys and cilccis OF the Ole firing DIS
pcrsed the tog, bat replaced 4 with the
thick, white smoke OF eunPowder, wh'ch
hid everything equally well AZ this
time the enemy who were losing ten men
to oor one, showed no signs Of giving
way. oa the contrary, they advanced
towards the wall. flring ,ollcys with rs
much coolness aud regularity as i on
parade. am bound to say no troops
could have behaved more sPlcudid'y
than thu Russian. They appeared ut
,erly insensible to the feag of anything
but a charge.
About this time our batteries Of ar
,illery came holly into the ngh, against
the enemey's battery on the hill. which ]
was doing us considerable amount oi
mischief. Under the splendid manage
mcut of General Stangways, they soon
go far turned the fortune Of the day rs
to leave their infantry, attacking ours
beyond the wall. entirely without sup
port. Advantage was instantly taken OF
the chance 10 advance the goth aud isih
Regiments to the righ, for the purpose
OF re taking the two-gun battery. In
spi,e Of tremendous cross fire, they
advanced NJ the point of the bayonet,
aud as they neared the battery poured
in one tremendous vollcy and then
charged. In less than minute the Rus
slams were driven out with fearful loss.
, Yet hardly were they clear OF the bat
terry. when the Russians rallied again.
= and returning round the spot poured IN
|, yolley after volley into the columns OF
, the rallan, 20ih and 41ih, and at the
! same time the Russian artillery re open
, ed upon the battery in such manner
tha, neither friend nor foe could hold 1t
p Under these circumstances, the ooh and
d 47th were compelled to fall back, anJ
, the enemy again occupied the two-aur
4. battery for moment. This turn o
n pos,ession was, however, but brief, ou
!. fellows again dashed up at It, and aeal'
they literally massacred all IN the place
A The battery itself aud all its approach
II es. were now covered with English an'
d Russian corpses and wounded. III
ie latter were few in the extreme, aS when
e ever the enemy occupied the conies'e
/. post. they bayonetted all our fellows VIII
r. gave the ieas, sign of.liie
,e The Russian skirmishera and s'ron
"a supporting bodies Of infantry were nga'
$. thrown on our right, and under cover
.r n tremendous fire of artillery crawle
: M the hill TO Il Two.gun battery. A
H. their men breasted the hill, they wei
Id encountered with showers oil grape irol
OF our field batteries, which moved ihe
down by hundreds, Yet still they eau
en- on Aith perfect coolness, and apparent
m. with perfect courage. To favor The
se advance, the enemy's artillery was lur
ed ed full upon ours, and, from their col
I'D manding position and advantage
90 weight Of metal, did much execution
I'd. IL was at this moment, rs the Iwo-2i
,ht battery was again taken by the cnem
ul- thai n cannon shot struck Msjor'Genc
nb- al Sirangways, and carried away
ith thigh. while he was giving some ordc
Jit relative to flesh position which
,se batteries were TO take up Poor Siran
fth ways was carried TO the rear, when I
et. maneled limb was Immediately ann
ley taled but the brave old general OF
en-. survived the operation few minutes.
ian Hardly had we sustained this loss VIII
I'D, several other leading officers Of our
us tillery were cut down, either Killed
APP MORALLY wounded, while superiniendi
r the working Of their guns. The =
-ful and 47ili had in the meantime rec
ose turcd and lost tho Two-gun Battery Of
lin more.
the As the enemy's reinforeemenis ca
on up, our Guards also came into acli
iah Upon this occasion, ihe whole three
IN. lalions we're but little over 200 m
ate Conslan, sickness, and the victory
9TH I Alma, TO which they no largely conli
loot uied, have done much to diminish
was fine corps. On the morning Of the
bad also. between four and FIVE compauie
the the ColdG,reams were out on plrke
Dws the rear Yet II was the Coldslrra
my whicl, bore The thick Of Il. While
-aic Fusilers and Grcnadiers defended
ere wall. the C0ldsireams. Turning 10
fell right, again re.eapiur,ri ihe Iao-i
Battery, as il was Of the mosi vial
in porlance that the enemy should npi
lsed iabli,h themselves ia this position. \
her now tremendous struggle cnased
'eci. lhis posiiinn.
red The number Of The enemy. in
RE. around The battery. was NJ least 81
ner yei ihe ColisireaIns charged and br
lay ihcir way. through ali olpe.iilan.
ery. go, 70 ihe work The inslsaf ihey
.een done 50. the enemy seemed 10 rsdoa
,h,s their Efforts 10 take sud keep tbs pll
the Fresh regiments came up Tie hill
our TIRES themselves iHiO The battery 4
ke,s ali points bot The C0l'is,reams !
,all, their groand. Gghting ~iih perir'a {
The peraiion. The battery ~ss soS q
ame plessiy encirelsd. IN iFooi. haak.
,osd Trar, and, a. the Coldsifes'os say, ~
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