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The British Troops at Inker-
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1t is seldom that news from abroad has
! created SO profound an impression among
us, as have the details Of the sanguinary
battle Of Inkermann, published in the. jour
nails yesterday; and we doubt whether for
eign intelligence, of any sort ever had a
more attentive or general perusal.- 1t was
the theme of, remark in all circles, and with
men Of every class. The desperate valor
of the British troops, we believe, never had
warmer eulogy than that which; voluntari-
| ly fell from American lips; and widely as
men differ as to the political motives of the
Governments that begun this war; there
seems to be, SO far as we have opportunity
to observe, spontaneous sentiment of ap-
| probation for the lipn-hearted heroes who, in
the face of Such terrible odds, bore aloft SO
bravely the banner Of old England, in the
storm OF death that, on the memorable 5th,
burst over the embattled heights Of Inker-
mann. 70 at5 li,rs3 s7is5yy O. lgllifga
We cannot forget that titnelwas whetf we
ourselves crossed bayonets With the Britcn,
on American soil; but the. memories of the
Revolution and the later recollections of
1912, are not of character to lessen our
admiration Of f1the noble qualities which
shine out SO brilliantly in oil their engage
ments in the Crimea., There never was
battle fought between American and Brit
ish troops, on this continent, so ferociously
bloody as shat of Alma or Inkermahn, and
| it is difficult to believe there ever could be.
Men who. have common ancestry, speak
the same language, live. under pretty much
the same laws, bow at the same altar,
have the same literature, and acknowledge
/ ing the, closest social ties, seems to US,
could never in nature be brought to butcher
one another. as Briton butchered. Russian
and Russian Briton. They might fight bat
ties, Borhbard,- kill, and destroy one anoth-
er, to be'sure; but il would all be done as
men do things, and not as demons. The
devl there is in mems natures could never
exhibi! itself more horribly than at the bat
tie of InkermanB. BIZ g"'&9 .sfas s"aT
We speak thus especiully of the British
troops, because the French troops, all along
appearst TO have been content to perform a
comparatively minor part in the dramay-
Not that the Frenchman is hacking in any
of the qualities that GO to make, up the good
soldier, but rather, it is their good fortune tc
be assigned less laborious duty, in the whole
course Of the gseige, than thatwhich fell tc
their British brethrend The English troops
at InkermanA, it should be abornel in mind
5were. the same that fought at Alma bnt7a
few days before. They mad but little re.
pose in the short interval between the two
battles; and how,sfundsr9 the circumstan.
cess they, could make the stand they did,
in the Inkermann affair." (eight, Thousand five
hundred TO- fifty thousand, it, is saidD lis a
4 problem which those who are better ac-
/, .quainied with the wonderful powers Of lfu-
man endurance in, such, emergencies may
hsplve,--NesO York Pqper.or OBJ ,tsy .ass 5la