New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-19
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n Z Thls wont DO, eounrede, Hqnst 81 en sli
attack tom sour position. So shall 50 down the
Hue and bring the men up. Meantime, pick up my
detachment. Give me good spice o. veterans. !
shan get one word With ycn before We go OUT o0o
p (sod bless ven. Raynai ii'de Hlt .y'i
Il The moment Raynal was gone, Camille neckoned
lieutenant 70 hiH and ordered halt the brigade 70
/ form in strong column on both sides OF Deaths
n Ris eve fell upon Private Dard.
Come here said he.
81 Darsl came and sAlutedsi INV usin 3f)fff- q
i.Hsye you anyh9dy at Beaurepaire that would be
k l.Yss, Colonel-,Jacintha, that used to make your
broth, ColOnel,n ~. i...,. IA
: lake tbs iiue to Colonel RaynaL You win find
him with the 18th Brgsde.'' 'r1ilaal i-sl ~ .u
He wrote 4 few lines in pencil, folded them and
gDdrd went Oh with them little thinking that the
Colonel of his brigade was taking the trouble 10 save
his Me. because he came from Beaarepaire, Colonel
Dcjardin then went into his tent, and closed the
aperture, and took the good book the priest had
given him, and prayed hnnbly, and forgaye all the
world. 81 l-s.l'osl
Then he sat down, his head in his hands, and
thought Of his child, and how hard it was be mist
die and never see. him. One sad sob at this--one
only y i.ia s,.f ,sasn, Ys
I Then be lighted a candle and sealed up bis orders
Of vaor, and line begging that they might be
sent to his sister. He also sealed up his purse and
left memorandHm that the contents should be given
TO disabled soldiers Of his brigade upon their being
ntalided. y ~ ~. als -s
& Then he took opt Josephine letter. .6I
Poor coward he said, ." let me not be unkind.
See burn your letter, hest il should be found, and
disturb the peace you prize highly. /, TOO, shall
sopn be at peace, thank God" He lighted II and
dropped II on the ground; i burned slowly away
&c eyed It despairiDgly "Ayi you perish, last re-
cord Of an unhappy love; aud you pass away, 50
am going-4my soul 20 my Creator, my body to dust
lay pom letter. even passes away my life, wasted
BY generals not it to command a corporils guard
my hopes OF glory and my dreams OF loye--it all
..lsf a. ain. a sfrras sa a
He put his white handkerchief to his eyes, jose
phine had given it to him. He cried little, not at
dying bat al seeing his life thrown away.
y When he had done crying, he put his white hand
kerchef in his bosom, and the whole was trans
formed beyond language 70 express. Powder does
not change more when it catches FIRE. He rose that
moment and went like flash Of lightning out of the
tent. The next, he came down like falcon between
the lines of the strong column to Deaths Alley
!. Attention - cried the sergeaHts" the Colonellr
There was dead silence for the bare sight Of that
Herect and inspired figure made the mems bosoms
thrill with the certainty Of great deeds to come the
light OF battle was in his eye. No longer the moody
Colonel but thpnderbolt Of war, red hot, and wait
ing to be launched. ''ads ei4f IS ~
<, { ofacers, sergeants and soldiers. word with
X Eaeroix - Attention n, ID ,,'.ao i5i NV 4
I % you know what passed here five minutes
The attack Of the bastiOn was settled u cried
Captain.
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yon know thatlh .a-fa tIH D.
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\ A Colonel from Egypt
e. A Groan from the men. s
!. 4 With detachments from other brigades."
s9 g All lf--an angry roar. gl51 T15F'
Colonel Dujardin walked quickly down between
the two lines, looking with his fiery eye into the
mems eyes on his right. Then be came back on the
other side, and as he went, he lighted those mems
eyes with his own. It was a torch passing along
line Dfready gaslights. a 3 ast fta4 is.4I M lii
+The work 70 us!r he cried in a voice like
clarion, Qt fired the hearts as his eye had fred the
our losses have not gained the brigade the honor OF
going oat at those fellows that have killed so many
OF our eomrades'' eit# alf9as ssiy
A fierce groan from The men 4 . to. E, ic;irl \
What shall the colOrs OF another brigade aud
not ours fiy from that bastion this afternoon 9p
TNil no " in roar like thunder,
I All you are Of my mind. Attention. the at |
tack Is fixed for5 O'Clock. SUPPOSE you and were
to carry the bastiOn ten minutes before the Colonel
from Egypt can bring his men upon the ground ~
y. A fiefce Of Joy and laughter: the strange
laughter OF veterans and born inyincibles.
That was a question pnt to your hearts-your
The answer was yell Of exnlting assent, but it
awas half drowned by another response, the thunder
sSt TIE impatient drums, and the rattle Of fixing
y The Colonel told OF 4 party 10 the battery.
* JLepei the guns at the top tier, Fire at my sig.
NAL and keep firing over our heads, till you
coIors on the. place. a6a1kih.a asst tl ~
3 He then darted to the head'of the column which
instantly formed behind him in the center OF Deaths
). t'fhe colors No band but mine shall hold them
They were instantly brought to him, his left hand
shook them free in the afternoon sun.
y a deep murmur Of joy from the old hands at the
noK unw0nted sight Out flashed the sword like steel
He wavei i towards the battery.
Bang bang bang! bang went the Cannon and
moment up went the coors waving and the Colonel's
clarion voice pealed high above all
~ rTwentyfourth emi-brigade--FoRwARDt1
M They went so swiftly OUT Of the trenches that they
were not seen through their own smoke NATL they
had some sixty yards. No sooner were they seen
I coming on like ideyils than two thousand mnskets
were leveed at them from all the Prussian line 1t
was not rattle OF small arms, II was crash, and
the men fell last but in aOnent they were seen TO
spread out like fan aud when the fan closed again.
il half encirced the bastion. 1t WAS French attack
Part swarmed titn front like beespar swept around
the giacs and flanked It. They were seen TO fall in
numbers, shot down from the embrasures But the
living took the place of the dead; aud the fight
ragged evenly there. Where are the colors To-
words the rear. There the Colonel aud hundred
men are lighting hand to hand with the Prussians,
wbe have charged out at the back doors Of the bas
tion Success there, and the haston must fall-both
sides knew this. % .
81 All Ia moment the colors disappeared. There
was groan from the French line, Mo- there they
were again, and close under the baston.
And now In front the attack was SO hot that often
the Pr9ssiap gunpers w seen jump down, driven
from their posts and the next moment a fierce hur-
nab from the rear told that, the, French had won
some great advantage there. Tue fire slackening,
told similar tale, and presently down came the
Prlssian flagstaff That might be an accident.
few moments of thirstng expectation, aud up went
the colors OF the Gath brigade upon the Bastion st.
Andre. 1e1 dH atsead q i, s'NF tHa.
The whole French army raised shout that rent
the sky and their began to play on the Prus
sian lines, and between the baston and the nearest
fort 70 prevent q recapture.
Then shot from the earth a cubic acre Of fire where
last the baston seen t carried up a heavy
nlpuntain OF red and black smoke that looked solid
as marble. There was a heavy, snllen, tremulous
explosion, that snuied out the sound of the cannon
aud paralyzed the French and Pussian gunnars'
hands aud checked the very beating OF their hearts,
Thirty thousand pounds Of gunpowder were in that
awful explosion no H'.'.asl.i VI IS -.r.
1 War itself held its BREATH and both armies like
4 peaceful SPECTATORS kased 'wonderstrack terror
struck Great hell seemed 10 have burst through the
earths crust and to be rushing at heaven. Huge
stones. cannon, eorpses and limbs of soldiers were
4 seen driven or falling through the smoke some Of
these last came quite clear of the ruins ave- into the
French and Pfuan lines that even the veterans but
their hands to their eyes. Raynai felt something
spatter on him from the sky it was blood-a com,
Il rade perhapst Obi warl wari sii
~ The smoke cleared Where moment before the
great oastioa stood and fought was monstrous pile
Il oI biaekened bloody stones and timbers with dis.
mounted cannon stirkiffy mn hers ,a tbara