The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-15

lying among tents and here also were many, too
many, ccrpses Of Zousves and French nfanSy Of the
@ Al sy sn ad ss
kindness and attention Of fellows TO their helpless
enemies was beyond all praise TAey brought taem
water got knapsacks TO put under their heads and bor
rowed blankets in which to cover them from the
night air. here and there small groups OF them stood
absorbed in pity round PROSTATE Toe 70 whom
tseir Kindness came too late, aud who, SHOT either
through the head lungs gaeG out ms existence IN
painful sobs, terminated 4 IN horrible convu ION
which made your blood curdle to bear. little above
the line of tents the brow ~ the htl overlooking
Ipkernspn Lights. Here was the spot where the
allied artillery engaged that of the enemy af-
ter the retreat, and here the sight sicken
ing iadsed. There e nothing so awful as the
spectacle OF the bodies OF those who struck
down by round shot shell. One poor fellow OF the
Goth had been struck BY two "a Founders in the head
and body. shell afterwards burst on him aud tore
him to pieces and only by the fragments of cloth
with the regmentaI buttons adherng that you could
tell that the rough bloody which lay in the road
had been human being. lint IL l. useless to dwell
ON these sckenng details; suffice TO say that here,
among the csrcasses OF some two hundred killed and
wounded horses lay the bodies OF brave English and
French artillerymen, all more less frightfuy multi
ated Some had their heads taken off AT the neck If
with axe others their legs gone from the hips 9TH
ers their arms, and others again who bit in the
chest stomach were literally as smashed If they
had been crushed in q machine. But il not alone
the allies who lay here; on the contrary ten
Russian corpses for Of theirs but the latter all
killed by Iousketry before the artillery came up. On
this spot the RUSSIANS kept dropping shells the whole
lay in reach of their missiles had suffered the last which
they to endure earh Passing the road to Sc
bias opo between hea pr of Russian dead, you TO
where the Guards had been compelled to retire
from the defence of the wall above fnkermann
Valley. Here our dead were nearly as numerous
as the enemy's. Across the path, side by side,
lay Eve Guarjslnen, who were all killed by one
round shot they advanced TO charge the They
lay their faces in the attitude with their
kets tightly gradped in both hands and all had the
GRIM painful frcwn upon their features, like who
were struck down in the act OF closing with their foes
Hpyp ne Ru
lay thick leaves ntermxed with dead and wounded
horses The latter, With fractured limbs, and
then rising and after staggering few steps rolling
among the corpses snortng and plungng fearfuly Up
to the right Of the wall the 70 the two gun bat
path was slippery with blood, and the brushwood was
broken down and encountered with the dead The
from the battery awful-awful beyond description
stood upon its parapet at about nine at night and felt
my heart sink AS gazed upon the scene Of carnage
around The was a., at i its fun and showed bowed
was the valley OF Insernann with the Tcher-
maya like band Of silver flowing gracefully
turesque beauty might vie with any part of the world
Yet shall never recall the memory Of inkernann Valley
with any feelings of loathing horror for round
the spot from which surveyed the lay upwards of
5000 bodies Many badly wounded also lay there their
low dull means Of mortal agony struck With terrible
gurgng and vehement struggles OF those who
conyulsed before they passed away Round the hill
small groups of with hospital stretcbers
searching for those who stil survived and others
sgan with lanterns busily turning the dead look
ing for the bodies Of officers who were known to be killed
but who had not been found. Here also English
whose husbands had not returned hurrying
about with loud lslnentatio turning the faces of
our dead To the moonlight, and eagerly seeking for
what they feared to find. These latter far
to be pied than the nanmate forms Of those who lay
slaughtered around The a,nbulanc.s as fast as they
up received their load of sufferers, and blank
cts employed to convey the wounded 10 the
Outside the battery the Russians lay two and three
deep. Inside the place literally full with bodies Of
Russian Guardsmen, 55th and goth. The fine tail forms
Of our poor fellows could be distinguished at glance
though the grey great coats stained with blood rendered
them alike externally They lay they FELL in heaps;
sometimes three four Russians, and
sometimes Russian over three or four Of ours some
had passed away with smile their faces and seemed
il asleep; others horribly conorted, and with
dstended eyes and swollen features appeared to nave
ued in agony. but deiyng to the last. Some lay il
prepared for burial and though hands Of relatives
had arranged their manged limbs, while Others again
were in almost startling POSITIONS half standing
neeling, cutcbng their weapons drawing cartridge
Many lay with beth their hands extended towards the
sky II to avert blow utter prayer vhile others
had malignant scow of mingled fear and hatred II
indeed they died desparing The moonlight impaired
aspect of unnatural paleness to their forms and
the boughs above their upturnod faces the shadows
gave horrible appearance Of vitality and il seemed
If the dead we're laughing and about to rise This was
not the spot but all over the bloody field
The Russian soldiers, have alre.dy remarked, we're
Infinitely inferior in appearance to those we met at
Alma In all that relates to discipline and courage
late antagonists far superior They all clean
but ragged in the extreme. Mono had knapsacks but
merely little canvass bag of that disgusting
looking stuff they call their bread No other provisions
found any. The knapsacks, | presume,
left behind in order that they might scale the heights
right with greater facility Every strong
well made Wellington boots, of stout but rough LOOK
ing brown leather. On none that have heard of
found either money or books On many miniatures
Of and locks of hair They appear to have been
veteran troops large number bore the Of
vious wounds. The dead officers, as at Alma were with
difficulty TO be distinguished from the Their o.
6cers behaved well.
Two hundred and eighty prisoners, not wounded,
ouly merely grazed, fell into our hands. One among
them is about the largest and most powerful
in the camp OF the allies lie stands nearly six feet six
inches, and is broad in proportion. lie surrendered
when pursued without attempting resistance Our al
lies appear to have been taken completely by surprise
in the sortie made by the enemy upon their trenches
The Russians had possession Of Nos and batteries
and spiked the guns before the French in cond
ton to oppose them. They were then attacked. and
after obstinate defence, driven OF with much slaugh
ter The French followed up their victory into the
TIE of the town. but having reserve and not know
ing the result Of the attack lines they retired
again.