New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-26

through the piles OF wounded Russians mingled too
often with our own poor soldiers. The hills Of Green
wieh Psrk 10 fair time srs not more denselv coverei
with human beings than were The hiyhts of the Aim
with dead and diving o. these bloody mounts fell
@ l96 English officers and nsn and inward of 2 OO1
Rus'isns, ~bie their western extremity was covered
with me bodies OF 100 gallant Frenohmen and Of
more than 3, 900 Of their foes
When Lord Raglan and bis staff and the Duke Of
Cambridge rode round TO the top Of the hill the troops
cheered them .i'h a thrilling eff.ct-a shout Of vic
tory-which never can be forgotten The enemy,
who were flying in the distance might almost have
heard its echoes it rolled among the hills. Oar
men bad noeed dose their work well, for the sctOn,
which commenced at 25 Oh our part sas over about
NJ In fact the actual close continuous fighting
did not last two hours,
The Russian Regiments engaged against us, judy
ing from the numbers the caps and BUTTONS on the
dead and wounded we've the nth, 18th, l6th, 18th,
ls'b, 3lst 32d 33d and OF the Imperial Guard.
The Russian regiment consists Of four bsttaons and
each batslen may be said to be $50 strong. The sol
di6Ts were mostly stout strong men. Several OF the
regiments. 32d and 10Th, for example, wore black
leather helmet, handsomely mounted with brass end
having brass on the top, with hole Tor the
reception Of tuft, feather, or plume; others wore
simply white linen foraging cap. They were all
dressed in long drsb coats with bras buttons bearing
the humber Of the egiment These coats fitted loosely
were gathered in at the back by small strap and but
ton descebd to the aukles, and seemed stout com
Portable garments, though the cloth was coarse IN
texture; the trow-ers OF coarse bus stuff were
thrust INSIDE pair of Wellington boots open at the
top 10 admit of their being comfortably tucked down;
the boots were stout well made, and seryiceable.
Their knopsacks astopished our soldiers. On open
ing them each found to contain the dress
Uniform ccetee of the man, blue or green, with
white facngs and slashes like our own pair OF
clean drawers, clean shirt, pair Of clean socks,
a pair OF stout mtts, case cont iining good pair
of scissors marked "Sarun, an excellent penknlfs
with one large blade, Of Russian Manufacture, a
bali of Irvine, roll Of leather, wax, thread needles
10 ha,rl NAH and nrnf Loot,
glass razor strop and soap shoe brushes anc black
ing. The general remark Of our that the
Russians we're very clean soldiers" and certainly
the men on the field bad white, fair skins to justify
the expression Each man had a loaf Of dark brown
bread, of sour taste and disagreeabe odor in his
knapsack and a linen roll, containing quantity of
brown, stuff, broken up into Jumps ana large
grains which is crushed biscuit, hard, graduated
bread prepared with oil. This, we were told by the
prisoners was the cole food Of the men, They eat the
bread with onions and oil; the powder is reserve"
ration and if they march they may be for days with
out food and remain hungry till they can get fresh
loaves and more "breadstuff." IL is perfectly
founding 10 think they keep together sBch diet
and yet they are strong. muscular men enough. The
surgeons remarked that their tenacity Of life very
II markabe. Many of them lived with wounds calcu-
lated to destroy two or three ordinary men. saw one
of the 32d reg men the field Just after the fight. He
was shot right through the head and the brain pro-
trUded in large at the back of the head and
from the front OF the skun. saw with my own eyes
the wounded man raise his head, wipe the horrible
mass from his brow, and proceed to struggle down
the bills toward the water Many of the Russians
were shot in three or four places; few OF them had
only one wound. They seemed TO have general idea
that they would be murdered possibly they had been
told that no quarter would be given, and several de-
plorable events took place in consequence As our
men were passing by two or thee OF them were shot
stabbed by men lying on the ground, and the cry
raised that the wounded Russians were firing
on our men. There is story, indeed that officer
VA v n
act of administering he lay In agony the
field; be that as it may, there at one time near
chance of massacre taking place. but the men were
soon controlled, and confined themselves to the pill
lsee which slways takes place GU battlefield. One
villain with red coat on his back, regret to say,
Jaw 90 up to wounded Russian who rolling
on the earth in the rear of the Seventh Regiment,
ard before we could say word he discharged his
rife right through the wretched creatures brains.
Colonel Yea rode at him to cut him down. but the
fellow excused himself by declaring the Russian was
going TO shoot him. This the single act of in
humanity saw perpetrated by this army flushed
with victory and animated by angry passions, al
though the wounded enemy had unquestionaoly en-
dapgertd their lives by acts of ferocious folly Many
of the Russians had small crosses and chaius fastened
round their necks. Several were found with korans
in their knapsacks-most probably recruits from the
Kasan Tartars Many Of the officers had portraits of
wives or misresses Of mothers sisters inside their
coats The privaes wore the little money they pos.
sessed ia pnrses fastened below their lett knees, and
the men IL their eager search after the money often
caused the wounded painful apprehensions that they
were about to destroy them. Last night all these poor
wretches lay in their agony nothing could be done to
belp Them The groans the yels the cries of despair
and suffering were a mournful commentary on the
utation of the vicors and the JOY which gned along
the bvouac fires of our men, AS many OF our wounded
as could be possibly picked up ere darkness set in
were conveyed on stre;chers TO the hospital tents.
MANY Of the others were provided with blankets and
covered as they lay in their blood The 9sndsmen of
the regiments worked in the most cheerful and indie.
fatpable manner, hour after hour, searching out aud
carving off our wounded. Long after night had
closed faint lights might be seen moving over the
friehtful feld marking the spots where friendship di
rected the steps of ofcerin search of wounded
comrade, or where the piager yet stslked about on
his horrid errand. The attitudes of some of the dead
were awful One man might be resting on one
knee with the arms extended, IN the form OF taking
aim the brow compressed, the lips cnched-the very
expression Of firing at an enemy stamped on the lace
Al fixed there by death; ball had struck this man
In the neck. Psychologists or ANTAGONISTS must settle
the rest Another was lying on his back with the
same expression and his arms raised in similar attl-
tude the Mimic musket still grasped in his hands I'M
discharged Another lay in perfect arch his head
restpo on one part of the ground aud his feet the
other. but the back raised high above it. Many men
without legs or arms trying to crawl down to the
water side Some of the dead lay with calm, placid
smile on the face, though they We're IN some dell
cious dream. . r
"Oft the Russians one thing was remarkable, The
prisoners are eenetay coarse sulen, and unnteill-
ceni.looking men. Death had ennobled those who
fell for the expression of their faces was altogether
different The wounded nigh have envied those who
scent d to have passed away so peacefully.
"AD old General, who sat smiling and bowling on
bank with his leg broken by a round shot, seemed
principally concerned for the loss Of his gold snuh-
box. This believe has since been restored to him.
The men say they were badly handled, and had ne
General TO direct them Menchkof lost his head, IN
6euratiye sense The officers displayed great gal
lantry, and the men fought with dosged courage
characteristic Of the Russian infantry but they were
utterly deficient in elan and DASH
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