Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-01-28
FOREIGN EXTRACTS.

| THE GEAR ON STABBlNG THE WOUNDED.
The Journal De 81. Ptersbuuy of December
20, contains vndication Of the Russian sol
diers from the charge Of cruelty to the wounded
French and English which thus concludes
"These facts, if they did take place, ought
for the rest to be attributed to the evaporation
produced in our troops by The conduct of the
| allied armies. Let us not forget that the Rus
sian soldier is defending his own soil, his
hearth audaciously invaded by foreigners,
| allied to the enemies of Christianity, by adj
versares who respect neither churches, nor
converts, nor holy bells, and that these crimes
are in his eyes so many deeds Of sacrilege that
kindle his vengeance We must not conceal
| from ourselves the fact that the sacking Of the
| Church of Chersonesus, that ancent temple,
witnessed by our soldiers from the bastions of
Sebastopol has justly exasperated them. The
resistance of people attacked in objects most
sacred, most dear to its heart, in its religion
as well as It's homes, often assumes fierce
nature by acquiring proportions that are those
Of the situation. Besides, why not cite also
| the conduct of our enemies? Why not say,
for instance, that during the battle of the TWEEN
tyfourth Nov 81 the Anglo-French sharp
Shooters unable to resist the collision Of our
bayonets, threw themselves on the ground
/ soon as our gallant band had passed, stood up
again for the purpose of firing bullets at their
legs. Acts Of this Sort such as we have just
instanced, would amply explain the exaspera-
ton Of the Russian soldier.
For the rest, let US, in finishing, remind
our readers that, If our adversaries are pleased
| to accuse ms of cruelty, their own prisoners do
us better justice. The chiefs of the allied
armies have received irrefragable proofs Of
| this truth.
| LORD RAGLAN IN THE FRENCH CAMP.
The Monaev de rArmee publishes the fol
lowing extract Of letter, dated before Sebas.
topol, 10Th ultimo;
"Lord Raglan came this morning to our
headquarters. He is a good rider, and does
not appear to feel the want Of the arm which he
| left at Waterloo. He looks well, has good
color, with the beard little gray. He came
| without any ceremony wearing a cap covered
with oilskin. The English are the most free
| and easy people we know. The following,
which occurred under our eyes, will appear per
baps scarcely credible. In the trenches they
| light q fire, make their tea, and then, sitting
| down on the back Of the trench, quietly smoke.
The sentinel now and then goes and looks over
| the parapet, and If he sees nothing he comes
down again amongst his comrades. A shell
falls, but no one takes any notice Of it. If one
Of the party should be hit, two of his comrades
rise up and carry him awanwith the greatest
GOODNESS; the others do noSstir. With ms we
are careful not TO make any fire. We suffer
more in the trenches from this circumstance,
but we have less casualties, rs the smoke Of a
| fire forms good mark for the enemy's bate
ries. The engineers continue TO surround Sc
Iu NTH tbair rvh, oh at
ninety metres from the place. II is at this dis
lance that the third parallel is placed. We are
| prepared 10 establish ourselves by main force
| in Flagstaff bsstion as soon as the English ar
tillery shall be ready 10 support ours in silenc
ing the cross fire Of the enemy"
COMPLAINTS AGAINST LORD RAGLAN.
Everywhere you 90 the officers complain Of
| Lord Raglan that he is never seen amongst
| them and knows nothing Of their wants and suf
ferings They also say very plainly that he is
no general that all our victories have been
| gained by the pluck Of the men, but that he de-
serves no credit except for personal bravery
whenever there is fight he exposes himself
rather too much, &c. As rule, the officers
complain far more than the men, but all are
anxious 10 be home again. A lieutenant-coo
mel Of an infantry regiment told me that he
would be better off sweeping crossing in Lon
don than in command of regiment here. On
Sunday captain of the 18th Lancers came
down to our ship with another officer, and
saw them trudging home through the mud to
the camp, carrying ham on their shoulders,
and tin Of soup and bouitlie under each arm,
! have been Just talking to an officer who has
been at the Alma and all the other fights, and
he said it was just the brute force and pluck of
the men that won all the battles. Many Of the
regiments, his amongst the number (the 77th,)
charged at the Alma without any orders. Brig
adier-General Pendefather is here in the town,
just recovering from nm attack Of cholera He
is much liked so is Sir Colin Campbell and
General Sir DE Lacy Evans. But the last has
gone home.
The Hon. EDWARD Bates, Of Missouri, has
declined being a candidate for United States Sen
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