Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-02

under the weight Of the column that they kept
it was poured into a close mass Of living men.
1t was at the work OF 'sdie firing that the bat.
TALON now labored.
slender English line should chance to endure,
there was nothing except the almost ehimeri.
cal event OF thorough charge home with the
bayonet which could give to the columns the
ascendency due to their vast weight and num-
bers for the fire from Strengthened narrow
front could comparatively do little harm,
whilst the fire of the battalion in line was car
rying havoc into the living masses. Still,
neither column nor line gave way. On the
other hand, neither colamn nor line moved
toward Tor Fast rooted, as yet to the ground,
two scarlet strings ofGuardsmen stood receiy-
ing and delivering their fre.
II the English method OF array put 8 grievous
Stress upon the soldiery OF Continental masses
its pressure is not less hard upon the mind Of
General who has the suffering columns in
MS charge. It not only shocks him by the
ring in small spaces OF ground; ii not only
forces upon him q sense OF being outfianked:
but some times, 1t even seems, Expresses him
Win tne belief that he is overwhelmed by
mighty numbers. General KyetzinsN was
with the right Vladimir column. He was a
brave, able man, and we have already seen
something Of what tho relative numbers with
which the Russians and the English were
fighting; but it seems that the spectacle of the
immense front presented by the English army
broke down the Generals sense Of his own
lief that he was cruelty outnumbered. Even
the sight OF the wide chasm there was between
inc TWO bAttdliOns OF the Guards did NOT Ef,
the weight from his heart. ssThe enormous
FORCES OF the enemy made our position a very
dangerous one.' Wy
The Grenadiers, when we left them lust now
were busy with their rifles along the whole
line, and We're making good use of that delicate
Dtno In Inc formation Of their leftmost com
pany, which enabled them TO pour their fira
into the heart Of the Vladimir column then
hanging on their flank. The reckoning of him
VINO puts ms trust IN column is mainly based
on the notion that its mere grandeur NJ aSnant
will give 1t a clear ascendant as soon ~ :.
il seen at all near; and when the EnsIish lin
had once delivered its fire, the front raul ,nan
OF the column were not without grounds fnr
making sure that their next glimpse OF the
red-costs would be a glimpse Of men in retreat.
for TO Rave come forward TO within a dis
have once delivered their fire, this wes surely
the utmost in the way Of close fighting that
nles OF only two men each would attempt
against masses. But when, though only. a
little, the SMOKE began to lit, the CLEANS that
) pierced it wire the light that 1t shed from
the bayoret points and busy ramrods-gleams
twinknng along the line of the two ranks
tnkeslng IN tneir strange array; and whenever
the smoke itftsd clear there-steadfast as oaks
disclosed by rifing mist-the long avenue OF
the bearskne doomed out and SO righteously
IN place a. 10 begin 10 enforce q surrnise that,
after all. the files of the two men each might
O. minoed 70 ttano " nero they were, ceremo-
ptously shooting Into the column, and 6IIjnS II
minute by minute with the tumuItg Of men
KILLED or wounded. And though IL was Int =
lew OF the men planted close in the r,assiva
columns who could thus from time to time Iook
NE aim forms OF the soldieTy who dealt the