The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-09-19

ou"Nlu duu upward, peSoSN wy Nape
though the water was breast high, push
ed some yards still n tue p~recipitous
side of the bin though hereevery wour'd
was mortal, for all who fell rolled help
lessly dowDward into the aqueduct aud
were instantly drowned; but at last
halted, aud hed-never stopping till
they reached the river. when they got
shelter under the banks aud aInoug the
old willows. disbursements now came
up fromlthe second column they re
formed. but again IN loose open order, or
rather no order at all, for they marched
exactly like a flock of sheep. This time
they displayed more pluck and ~resolu-
tion they FeiEtos5e sure by the dozen,
but they never wavercd nor FILTERED
climed on slowly and laboronsly, and at
last reached the crest of the hill, and
came out on the level.
A RUSSIAN FaN. S.,gs
For some moments 1 thought the
French were about TO give way and re-
treat, and the Russians became masters
of the height, but [ was soon convinced
of my mistake. One could see them it
is true, falling back on all sides, aid
closing up into a small round mass, but
in the twinkling of al eye this mass
opened out like a far, two black liues
shot from it on each side across the
plateau, the center closed undivided IL
self, and the nextmoment a sheet of fame
broke from the whole line, followed by
a cloud of smoke, and the crack of the
musketry fell on our ears III a long. con.
tinuous, unfaltering whirr, like the roaH
oEa waterfall, drowned every seeoud BY
the mightier thunder of the artillery,
which had made half wheel to the
right, aud raked the crest of the hill
with a tempest of grape. Strongly as
ones sympathies might be ENGAGED for
the French, Il was impossible o re,
press for the moment . sentiment of
pity as one looked upon the crowd Of
Russians looming out throught the smoke.
as it rolled across them fcebly returning
the fire, unable to advance, afraid to re-
treat, ten. Thousand deathsin front-tep
thousand more behind-heIp aud hope.
nowhere. They paused for a few sec
ouds, seemed to hesitate, but w~ereispeed-
lily relieved from all embarrassment as
to the course they should pursue by the
advance Of the French, whose cheer
rang merrily through the morning air
as they leyeled their bayopets aud rush
ed to the charge. The Russians; gave
one " Hurrah,' as if they Intended to
come up to the scratch, but instead of
suiting the action to the word, they
wheeled about and flung themselves
down the Hillside in complete disorder,
the Sandman artillery sgain playing up
on them as before. Some hundreds
threw down their arms and surrendered
to the FrcncI, sooner than run the
gauntlet once more across the aqneduct
and the river. ssss
TIE FIELD AFTER Battle.
Nothing c remained but to visit
the field of battle, on which the Zoua-
had already descended like vultures.
and were removing everything portable.
The scene. which presented itself on the
banls of the river, below the canal, was
something fearful beyond description,
much more fearful than the ordinary
horrors of a Battlefield. The canal it.
ssff was chokcd with dcad-most of
whom had doubtless fallen into it living,
after rolling down the hillside, aud
found repase in the muddy waters
broken muskcts, bags of bread, cart
ridges; D dark red stain on the white
cbalky gravel, alone marked the spot
where the men first fell, and in a mo-
ment afterward tumbled back to perdi-
ton. Many he'd fallen after scranlbling
up to the brink Of the aqueduct. aud ere
they had time to cross it, and fnot
caught in the bushes, rolled into the
plain breaking their bones in the descent,
and lay there as We PASSED, shriekiug in
agony, and implering US to kill them
and thus put an end to their suffering
Never did eye rest upon humanity in
forms SO mutilated, defaced, AID dis
figured as these unhappy wretchcs, who
lay writing there in their bloody rags,
their faces SO plastered over With gore
and dust that neither wife nor mother
would ever had recognized son or hus-
band III those hjdeous masses of mortal
itys Some, but they we're a small mi
nprity, sought to drag themselves to
the shade of the few BUSHES that skirtcd
the river; some. sought to hide their
heads from the fiery heat of the midday
sun under their battered garments, and
others lay with faces upturned and
CHASTITY, their limbs still trembling in
the last CULVER, and the flies already bur
rowing in them. On toward the bridge
the dead lay thicker and thicker. On
the banks of the river about it, and in
the river itself, they were q heaped aud
piled mostly iue- men, in the prime of
life-many with vieaer gvoguard air.
which bespoke long years of service
Nearly every one nadia brandy b3ttle,
either actually IN his hand, or lying near
him or broken under him in his fall =
I was riding with a Polish officer, who
~conversed with q great many of the.
wounded, who Informed us that large,
quantities of brandy had been served
out to the soldiers before the action,
except the artillerymen.
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