The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-01-03
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in consequence of the battle oil. the 5th
Tho Dukeresented the manner inywhict
the Guar8s were cut up, and it is assert.
ed he SD, some sharp words to Lord
Raglan about the m1her in which the
Guards aud the "a division were left en-.
posed to the assault of the Russian army,
What LORD Raglan replied is not know
but'fhe en- of WAS (thns it Is whisper
eddtintke camp) that the Duke went of
inhightdudgeon, TO proceed to England
and tel them 81 "about Lord Raglan
and the sarmy.p As for the position
which the Russians attacked, the com.
mander-in-chief has already confessed
his fault, and made ansessde Honorable
In the face of the whole army.
AN EXCITING seENE-FHE OF
-. IN NEW DIGGINs.
A little before this time I had riden
up TO an advanced picket house of ours
(which Commands a view of the French
lines and of our right attack. found
there Mr.. Leyare, who is still an anxious
andeager amateur out here, and a group
of officers, looking down from the front
on the+town,> which was smiling freshly
in~the, returning Sunshine, and talking
of an expected assault. by the French
The redoubts, earth works and redans,
as well as the French and English at.
tacks, were blazing away as usual against
each other, and dotting the scene with
puffs of white smoke. Suddenly a5sharp
crashing rattle of musketry, which came
distinctly to u ears through the roar
oe Rka .rno -. L1~-I --l-fk -
wards the Flagstaff battery, insfrout of
the French lines. Through the glass 1
could see the caps of some French
troops, who were advancing from the
last parallel by avail, whichseeIned to
be inside the town. " Hurrah,,n was
the cryit the .Frenchiare in the place p
In atmoment afterwards the Russians
couldabe made outo running as hard as
they could from the rear of the Flagstaff
battery down towards the houses at the
side of the first harbor, and ere three
minutes elapsed, ione two! three4 up
shot pillars of dust and dark smoke into
the air. The Russians ~hadssprung three
mines inside the work. unless than
two. minutes more, two more mines were
sprung. The musketry ceased, the
smoke cleared away, revealing a mass of
ruins and broken timbers, and beams of
cottages, andpesently the gums in front
of the Flagstaff battery opened on the
French, and destroyed all onr hopes
that there had been assuccessfulassault
AN rRzsamKN's SENSATION IN A CHARGE.
A captain in the Enniskillen Ora
goons thus describes, in q letter to his
friend i" Dear Jack" his feelings during
the gallant but desperate charge of the
25th: "Oh, such a charged Never
think of the gaHopa and trot which you
have often witnessed in the Phoenix
Park, when you desire'to form a notion
of a genuine blood-hot, all mad charge,
such as that 1 have come out of-with#
asfew lance prods, minus some gold lace,
a helmet chain, and Brown -Bill's 1.-THE
charger's) right ear. I never in my life
experienced such a sublime sensation as
in the moment of the charge. Some
talk of it as being tdemoniac.P
I know this, thatit was such as made
me a match forsany two ordinary men,
and gave me such an amount of glorious
to life, as I thought it i'm
peBSIDI6 W De 41dbtcE VI. In UOuA0 w
you're Celtic heart good to hear the most
magnificent cheer with which we dashed
into what P-W-calls the gully
scrimmage.' Forward-dash-bang-
cIangSand there we were in the midst of
such smoke, cheer, and CHATTER, as never
before stunned amortal's ear. 1t was
glorious! Down, one by one, ay, two
BY two, fell the thick-skulled and over
Cossacks and other lads of
the tribe of Old Nick. Down, too, alas!
fell 1uanY a hero with a warm Celtic
heart, and more than one fell screaming
loud for victory. I could not pause
1t was all push, wheel, frenzy, strike,
and down, down, down they vent
I was unhorsed; and more than
once I hadto gripmy sword tighter, the
blood of foes Sstreaming down over the
hilt, and running,up my very sleeve
Our old waterloo comraded, the Grays,
and ourselves, were the only fellows
who flung headlong first into the very
heart of the Muscovesit, Now we were
lost in their ranks-now IN little BAN DIS
battling-now in good order together
now in and now out, until the whole
tLevies' on the spot plunged into q form
bedyecfstke enemy, and helped rs to
and the fight by compelling the foe to
ay. Never did men u SO Fehementiy
but ell this you have read in the pa
pers.'. sJ SAt ? 2