Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-12-14
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Crane Dukes. cons Of the Emperor Nicholas.
whose arrival At seVAstOP0lis mentioned IN Gea-
sral CmrObert.s report i the battle Of the on
instant. kold high rank IN The Russian army
The Grand Duke Nicholas, the third son Ofths
Emperor, is - years Of Sgs. He Is inspector
feeIIssral Of the engineering department aid de
camp Of the Emperor. tituIar colonel OF q reg
ifpent off. dragons. Of a regiment Of grensd''r'
and Of the regiment Of euirassiers Of AstrAkan. !
He /. besides proprietor Of the I'd regiment Of
Austrian bussars, and chief Of the 9Th regi-
mrnt OF Prussian cuirsIsiers. The Grand Duke
Michael, fourth 500 of the CIar, is ~ Isars
age. He has the title Of .oaarssrmastsr-Gs n.
-erAl Of the artillery. is commander, Of the d :
brigade Of artillery Ofthe Imperial Guard, AID /
de.eapp Of the Emperor, colonel ofa regimen
Of-lAncers. Of a regiment Of dragOOn'' and ola !
ffei-.epl Of horss ehssseurs; ne is, moreover.
ur0ps e,or Of the a6lh regiment II Austrian 10.
iaairygsnd chief Of the 9Th regiment Of Pras
sian hHssars, rs. "a st. u.l.
-fHEG GsSAT cAyAIsT CHIsoE. The Russians
.hsye had some severe struggles, but they have
; not The pluck" Of Enghshmen, for. though
We ars far inferior in numbrrt, We always beat
? ,hrm back We are IN saddle night and day.
/ can'tssH ycu hos. long il il since | was un'
drvssedl / only know thal ii has been 50 long
that I have forgotten it. The Wqrs. affair, We
bad Eas- the day before yesterday. A; day
breSk the enemy appeared, and advanced in
sucla ihumbers thsrthey took from the Turks
two of their batteries. and turned the guns
upon US. We we're obliged to retreat out Of
range OF the gpns; and this 90 elsted the enemy
the, sc.usIy had courage enough TO come into thu open
field With u.s. Three regiment Of THEFT savaly tried to
gain posse zion Of the hkhshdsS (SSd) portion and
cAtged them but they had not spst, Tor they
went down like cut corn; what were left Of
|. them IuTnsd. and Asd and we pnrsled then
OvsTlbsir own hills; he's they, we're reinforced
! byshree, more regiments Ofcavalry, including
I Nsh0lsss crack Imperial Guards, There were
the Grtys and LIST Royals up at this time. snd
3 We charged lhem-they had nothing else for
. III. ssO'th,y ebarged dat'he came time, Oh. Cod
E I esbnOt describe It: they were SO superior in
: numbers that they "Ou,Gsnked" US. and We
we're in the middle Of them. never certainly
J feh less fear in my life than did at tnAt tme-
anc' I hope GOd.WiIl fOrgi'e me. for l. felt more
like devil Than a man. We fought our way
!, out Of them as only Englishmen can 6yht, and
the 4th and 9Th we're th,re up with us.
!. escaped without scratch. thank GOd. tbOugh
: was covered with blood; my horse was mo-
. even .wouned; out, oh, the woIk Of SlSughtel
: thai then began--'l was truly awful,buI sup
: pose il was necessary; We cut them down lik'
"a sheep. and they did not seem to have power t'
: resist. The plain is covered with dead Rus
I sisns. and Of course we left some Of Ovr poo
1 cOmradesOn the field. We only lost two, ant
> about seven wounded. 81
/, FRkNcH SHARP-SHooTERs. must tell yor
: what the French Lireurs are. There. are Two
0 companiss VI them. each composed Of $50 men
}: chosen from among the best msrksmen Of the
: Chasseurs de vincennes In the night they
u creep in front of the entrenchments, dig holes
}. and place themselves in them as we'll as they
. can Then they FIRE at the Russian artillery
:. men. They have already killed so many thai
Is the Russians now close their embrasures with
rs sort ofdOuble door, which is balI'proOf. Blu
I, they are obliged to open il to point their gu
i and FIRE, and no sooner is this done than TWEEN
a IT, balls whistle through it. The Russians hAv
sustained such losses that they we're at tim.
= seized with despsir-raising their guns frOI
! behind, they fred valleys Ofgrape shot at the
IS disagreable visitors. Nevertheless, the latr'
bare succeeded in extinguishing all the 6r..
$ lins of their batteries, | say 6rsl line. becau
: : thsreare several others 10 the rear, the part
J. thesown which faces US being an inclined Par
or; which batteries have been raised in lines on
), above The other. That our frsncs.tireurs hat
: done good execution is evident from the fac
; that. in the evening Of the 26th. Gen. De Mar
timpre. chief Of the general aaf, received
8 note informing him that the Russian 6re ha,
: become uncertain, aud that artilleTymen wef
. so .ssssce that the guns had be'ssrved byth
i'ipfsptgs, Express no sprPriss at the Eord u"
! certain: tOr from the 6sh-tO the i1,h the Rus
\ sian gentlemen did not cease to point their CUR
ist usA4sal tarss',: ,:~hils we did nOtAlSsign Il
AnsAstt Them elsen BY q nusEet Shot The.
consequently attained such precision. that th,
day Sn which We 0nmasksd our-batleries. thei
balls entered Our,et6btAeurss% If cast BY .h'
hand 0nssball went into tbs very mouth o
: cannon. but was too large to peLettats NOR
! thar a. -ahird: Il however, stuck fast. This
' 'stnsiaersd 80 cariousthSt the gun was car
? risd % the Oeneral's tent to be shown 70 him
Il Fros rms lows On OCT i4 being BON