The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-02-03

ped. r. sharp Shooting. ,pera'ine BY
thsms sc,, % ~ esnasxioa With
sroepe sfiAr Fae. - osensioa may e.
qs.rr They d.ayr f,osn the Zoua,es.
ami ,+aala iLs discipline sud Grill u
ihe sl.aa.ss' tort feads to some ex
.eu sin le-sfe., -. ,try are a Dis
'lnet corp
The history 81 tic rice and prog
ecsa q ills corps, a. gwen by writ
sr in the Feb Nc Of ihe Atlantic
Mcnlhly, Is most interesting aud in
araeuse. i appears from this afli-
Gle tAa ,he spaaarls took The lead
in ,le Improvements aad use Of ere
arm For more than a hundred
years lhe spaniaids Nere the very
masters Of tbg AT Of 5ar." Their
Generals acre tie best, ,beir orgsni-
1aiian, more complete, and their ar
msmeni, superior to ether nations
" They adopted the mu-kei which vas
the frs, fitearm that d man could han
die niihany precision. The results at
tanned BY the Spaniards, in the more
perfect organization and equipmeni Of
their infantry, were observed by the
French officers And from that time
their attention seems % have been d.
rce,ed 70 tic Improvement Of their
army. by The organization Of BaaaI-
ions Of eias,curs, hunters, or Sharp.
shooter, Is me cal lhem.
This species Of force vas carried
forward from one stage to another, Of
Improvement Oh ilcir arms, eqaip-
ment anddrill, uu,iIthry reached their
present perfection under the direct
ion Of tic late Duke Of Orleans, son
Of Louis PHILIPPE, who was suddenly
killed by the horscs Of the carriage
taking fright After his death this
force received the title Of Chassuers
d Orleans which the Dukes modesty
would not tolerate during his lifetime.
Among the ardent and ambitious Of
ficers who attached themselves 10
this corps. was Capt McMahan, who
distingm. he'd himself Ia The recerii
war with austria, and is now Mar.
shall in The army
These troops first distinguished them
selves in the war with the Arabs in
Africa Of the desperate nature Of
some o. their conflicts With the over
powering numbers Of the Arabs, TIE
following may serve rs an illustration
at a period Of supposed tranquil
y the Souhalia tribe, who had been
stcalla:I allies Of the French were IN
eApectedly attacked by Abd-El-Ka.
der ai the head Of an overwhelming
force, Lieut.. Col. houiagnac, with
oaly e. horscmen Of lie I'd Hussars,
aud $50 men Of the eighth Chasseurs
a. Orleans, hurried 10 the rescue. lie
was repeatedly warned Of his danger.
but in spite Of all that could be said
he dasl cd al the whole force Of ADD
Ell Kadtr AZ the very FIRST dis.
charge, Montaguac fell mortally
wound, 4, and IN n few moments all
the horses and neally all the men
were disabled Capt. Cognord Of the
I'd Ilnssars rallied the survivors, and
this Tile handful Of heroes huddled
together on hilloch fought Ike tigers
Till their ammunition was exhausted.
The Arabs then closed upon the
group, which had become motionless
and silent, and felisl them to the
earth as they would oyeriurn a wal"
There was now surviving Of the
whole French force, only the Casaba-
nier company OF the 9Th Chasscurs,
upon whom tho Arabs rushed with
fury, from every side. After a re-
sisianoe Of almost fabulous heroism,
daring which the flag Of the company
was shot away 10 shrcds, and The
ChRssegrs cut their bullets into six
and eight pisces so rs toprolong their
defencc, every valley aecimsting the
foe, this little bAad Of seventy men
encountered with ten wounded, sue.
eesied ia wearying and dishsartening
the Enir TO such an extent that he
determined TO abandon the direct as.
saniI which was costing bin 50 dear
~, and 10 ssrroun9 the French de- |
tachUens IN The ruined building which /
served them for a refuge. and 10
siArse them out. The Adjatani, Who |
hal been captured BY the enemy in
the early part o. the aciion was sent
BY l.e cnemy towards his old COM
rades For 1 moment tie firing ceas-
Sd, and the Adiaiaut shouted - thai