Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-10-12


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- aw lie s.rsiages fdli df lne compaat
geisg % tls. Hotel de Ville. and etea
Whll6 thsy we're begiahins 70 dance some
pessaats eashS 10 and told us how fast the
Germaas we're comisg 6a. An that nigh.
we eanped out betweca Bslan aud Ha-
teilles. There we stayed the nett day.
On Tie S0th xe ~cre ordered to be ready
- move %. bat We did not ssie. though
al The day we Hard heavy fr;ug some
distases OG. II the afscrnooa, a We
were lying In The shade Of the trees. ss,o.
king our pipes. we saw soldiers BY twos
and thrccs cone running up the road. and
then they come thicker and thicker. We
spoke 10 ens Of them. and he said they
had been Sighting all day in front. ba,
were obliged 70 retreat; there we're many
prisoners taken. and the Prussians would
be there next day. We knew our turn was
come, % We hooked 10 our rides, and some
Who hsd bad conscisnees confessed TO the
chaplain but for me. I had nothing on
my heart bat sorrow for my people and
Madelihe. aud that was no sia. I knew.
Aitef sunset ve moved oe 70 Baseilies.
Il was . pretty little town. nsat and clean,
white stone houses sud gardens about
them. aud vincs trailing round the win
DOTS. and even climbing over the roofs.
Moet Of the people had leit aud gone iuto
Sedan. % nc had the place pretty we'll
TO ourselves. Next day-but all the world
knows how Ne Fought The Bavarians
came on like tigers just At the entrance
Of the town We met them. We should
hare beaten them back. but We we're sho.
down BY hundreds. not By them. but By
our. own men. Our unlucky blue jackets
and caps were like those Of tho Prussians,
aud in the smoke and confusion they took
~ for enemies. We hsd to give In. and
se retreated through the street. We left
our wounded there3 we could not take
them With ~, and we thought they would
be safe In the nsairie.
We we're near Baian when we heard
Bascillcs was retaken: but We we're %
few E,st PC we're useless now. All day
the 6ghti1g went on not far Of. Il was
iste IN I'll 4afsersoon when thcrvY canc !
sudden rSsh. OAicers- were gallopins
down The ,fosd. making fot Sedan. WI
ssw smoke snd 1ane rising high in tht
air from Ba1cillcs; sud Ne heard the Prus
Sian guns looder and louder. We seemed
70 melt into mob /. men lost their regi
ments, officers lost Hen. There was y,
one to command as.
'.Baptis.e," said one Of rsy comradcs
1T Is over; let us get into Sedan; IL v,
stay here We shall Be shot Or taken priso
ners."
II looked round: there was no one t
"go" or 'stay." 90 I shouldered my riff
and vc vent toward the town; but whe1
We came to the Arst drswbridge. il wa
80 crowded We could not pass. I saw
Zouave drop from It. swim the ditch an
climb up the green parapct on tae otlrc
side. l took the hint and followed him
but Just - let myself down into the wa
ter there vas greater crush than eve
on the bridge. An officer was riding
spirited horse. il took fright and fairl
leaped over parspet into the ditch below
both msn and horse we're stunned. an
there they lay at the bottom. I shoal,
hare tried to catch hold Of the officer. bu
lee I did 80 che men began 10 jump of th
bridge on either side. in numbers; man
were killed BY the fall. I think; bot
found must get over and out II I woul
save my life. could not keep hold q
Il my rife, 20 I let Il 20 snd swan.
reached the other side and climbed up
; crossed the second ditch in the sam
wsy, snd got Gown from the parxpet int
the street behind it, I made my way Q
the Place Turenne but It was difficult
The stfcets we're 20 full. Many Wounds
were beisx carried along. and many yer
lying s6ose tssmtsed over b the mob
Jus6 n tuvued into the Place. hesr,
. voice calling nc; Il came from near
ciuup Of trees opposite the hotel. lturn
led, aud there saw Corporal Michel ,, hi
hesd bosnd sp With bis blue peck.hsna
iAerehief. asd his srm all bleeding q,
u broker; Be bsd nsde sUVs q slA6g 10
] Il. viii bcis.
"Bspsisse. ny boy" sssd &c. ~
cUuad ges . surgeon to bind me ups ~
! might get sway; the frunsier ID ueaf ~
Al that ncment sheh fefi Il she seree
hard b., and burst; tie confusjUu "a
dresdfsl; knew net what 10 do. A
looked Eussd. I saw . young man. viil
sbe red-cross band on lsis arm. / cslle,
% him. he came up. and seeing Michel
7 ated IL he cosad Wslk. :cv Il 80. be h1
better 70 sp % the great barrack on th
hill-she Csseyse Asfehe. There wer
English surgeons there and the Prussian
J vo1ld not interfere With them. So y
} lifted sp Miehei; the youss msfi sss o.
one side and I On the csler; he va
J vosoded is tbe left leg. TOO. ssd We ha'
nearly to carry him. We vent scross th
; Place and down . SIDE street. The Prus
slams we're firing very East from the hill
close arownd. boz very few shot fell i
, toets We vent on sscadily. the poo
} corporal trying not 10 groan. till We too
! tarn 10 the right Of the street, sud can
tue sseep road !, these W. dsawbvi3g
. nd - cruuscd Il. and We vere IN q srcs