Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-06-06

bent down slightly on my saddle, receiv- /
ed his lance on the back Of my sword, /
which passed over my shoulder, at the
same instant the point of my weapon,
through the mere rush of the horses pass
ing each other, entered his breast, and |
went clean through him, coming out at |
his back so that was forced to draw it /
out with wrench as he rolled over the
erupper. A Cossaek was now upon me,
but / reined back in time, his aim failed, |
and he shot by my horses head, and l |
then after him, wounding him in the
shoulder, and knocking man and horse
over with my own, so that was all but
unseated, and then my 'busby' was
knocked of with ball, but hardly miss
ed it then.
4 now heard Colonel Shewell's voice,
and saw the old man waving his sword
on the other side Of the guns, as if call
! ing us together, and we got round orthro',
the best way we could, and formed in
line, every Russian that was at the guns
being cut down, and the cavalry that had
ventured to come to their help being
driven back, some across the aqueduct,
and even to the Tchernaya, but only to
renew the charge, for that they would let
us return without a trial to stop US was
not likely thing. As we were in line 1
was just saying " Sergeant Riley you're
out of place." Che was on the left, and
ought to have been on my right but he
did not speak. I looked up at him, his
eyes were fixed and staring, and his face
was rigid and white as fiag-stone. ]
saw he was dead, though yet seated on
his horse, and that too was shocking to
think of and look at. 1 hadn't time to
lsay more, for the Colonel sings out Ser
geant, sergeant, just look there, there are
Ireinforcements," as body of Lancers
came right upon Us, whom l took to be
our own, the 18th, and the sergeant
shouts out, BY they're Russians p
@ Keep together, men," cried the Colonel
I-ah! he did show himself man, i'll,
! laid up as he had been, and Pm sure filter
t then to be in his tent that day, but he was
too plucky-" keep together" he said
! and death or glory but we'll ride them
| down !" and slap into them we went again
cutting, parrying, slashing right and left
: and then the flank batteries opened, and
the rifemen picked US of, and the firing
grew hotter, the smoke thicker and den
: SER while the Russians in blind fury were
! killing their own men as well as ours, as
: if they didn't care who they hit, so long
as they could hit at all-nor what they
sacrificed, SO long as they could sacrifice
: us-and they didn't often miss, / can tel
, you. Then the trumpeter sounded, and
= three about" was the word, so l knew
= that Lord Cardigan must be at hand, and
7 if going in was like charging a legion
7 of devils, and the devils imps eannona
s ding us, the getting back was ten times
f worse, and / almost gave it up a gone
= game, as did many more, but all deter
: mined, III vouch for it, to make every
drop Of blood worth Russian life.
e We seemed already to have cut anC
d hacked our way through thousands, ant
# were going at it once more, as if W,
e meant to ride down the whole Russian
}, army, with the old Colonel ahead Of us
n and through showers Of grape, and can
: lister, and Minnie balls, we were fairII
I cutting cur way as man would cut thro
It a thick-set hedge with a bill hook
:, regular avalanche Of cavalry had burs
!, around us, thinking no doubt, that wher
;, we had got to We ought to remain, hayinj
y done quite enough for one morning, an,
if we were quite Of a different mind. Hor
e ses were running about without riders
e and while men that had fallen wounde.
were endeayoring TO catch them, the
ie were shot down Ike dogs. We could nc
% help them-we could hardly help our
4 selves, and the Russians did not seem {
e care about any prisoners. Oae thing II
r mention worth notice; as We went bach
Ie Major de Sails caught up a wounde
Ie bandsman, and lifted him on to the sec
n ond charger he had brought him, an
p bore him safely back through the fight.
/ hardly know how we got back {
> the brow Of the hill from which we ha
e started, for every now and then / wa
ig faint, and the pain Of my hand was hor
II rible al times, at others il grew numbe
"A again. We got TO the top, however, i
small detaehments, and at last the Com
= nissary-General Crookshanks served u
ID out some run, which was a God-send {
10 Us wearied, wounded, and knocked abou
a. as we were. VIC then formed in two d
! visions, and Lord Cardigan rode in from
and counted us, and made but I33 me
70 out Of the COZ sabres that had gon
i down with him. So leave you to glies
as the slaughter that had been made of !
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