The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-11
The Light brigade.

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The Jaws of denlh gives, in the Boston
Commercial EUlIetin, the following
graphic picture { the charge:
Lord Cardiean's eve glanced us
over; then spnrrng his horse forward
few PAGES, he said
"My men, we have received orders TO
silence that battery
MY Godp my brother calculated
Then grasping my hand, he said:
Fred, my dear fellow, good-bv:
we don't know what may happen.
God bless You; keep close to me
w hat more we might have said was
lost In Lord Cardigans ringing shout
"'Chargcr
1--WE went in at a trot: the trot
changed to a canter, and the canter TO
gallop. Through the lines could sec
Lore Cardigan several horse-lengtbs
ahead, riding AS steadily as if he was
on parade. Now, TO tell the plain
truth, when we had ridden short dis.
tance, say one hundred PAGES. felt
terribly afraid. The truth flashed upon
me III moment, that we were riding
into position that would expose us to
a fire on both flanks, rs well as the fire
from the battery in front of us. which
we had been instructed to silence. |
said to myself, This is a ride to death z
but said ii loud enough for INV broth
er TO hear, and he answered and said:
There goes the firstr
The first was Lord Lucan's aid-de-
camp, Capt. Nolan, who, after making
slight detonr was crossing our left to
lolu us IN the charge. A cannon ball had
Just cut him in two as my brother
spoke.
"My heart leaped into nv mouth and
almost shricked with fear, but re-
strained myself, and setting my teeth
hard rode on. A moment later the
rifle bullets from the sharp shooters on
the hillside began to whistle about our
ears. Saddles were emptied at every
step. Then came the whistling shot
and the shrieking shell and tore through
our squadrons, mangling men aud
horses, ploughing bloody burrows
through and through our ranks. Then
my fear left me. Ny whole soul be-
came filed with thirst for revenge,
and believe the same spirit animated
every man in the RANKS. Their eyes
flashed and they ground their teeth and
pressed closer together. The very
horses caught the mad spirit and
plunged forward as if impatient to lead
us to our revenge and theirs. At this
time there was not much to be seen. A
heavy dense smoke hung over the val
ley, but the flaming mouths of the guns
revealed themselves to our eyes rs they
belched forth their murdcrous contents
of shot and shell.
'Now a shot tore through our ranks
cutting a red line from flank to flank
then shell plowed an oblique and
bloody furrow from our right front to
our lett rear: anon ricochetting shot
rose over our front ranks, fell into oul
centre and hewcd its way TO the rear
making terrible havoc in its passage
Oh! that was ride. Horses ran rider
less, and men barcheaded, and splasheo
with the blood of their comrades
pressed closer and closer and grounC
their teeth harder, and mentally swort
Il dcadlier revenge as their number.
grew smaller.
"Alone and in front rode Cardigan
! still keeping the same distance ahead
} His charger was headed for the ccntr,
: of the battery. Silently we followe,
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now r;Iino .;Ie hv sida Fin, va "oda WI,
who at the start were separated from
us bv several files. We reached fin
battery at last. Tn TO this time we ba,
ridden i'm silence. but what a velljbu
fro IN us as we plunged in among tb
Russian eunners! Well would if hay
I | ~. A. Il. 4.
: before we reached them. They ba,
; done foo little and foo ,nucb The
e had set ms on fire with passion. Onl
, blood could quench our thirst for re
yenpe. We passed through the batter
like a whirlwind. sabrino the onnner
! on our passage. | don't believe one @
ttbem lived TO tell the tale of that ride
Il Ont of the battery and into the brigad
e an army il was-of cavalry. On
u charge was resistless.
1.-The Russians fell before our sabre
: rs corn falls before the reaper. The
a seemed TO have no power of resistance
t And there was no lack of material
- work upon. They closed in upon Il
is and surrounded ms on every side, bl
J. we hewed our way through them {
men new ,heir way through Virgl
forest, ana only stopped when "
reached the bank of the Tehernay
n river.
II "Wheeling here. we proceeded TO cl
II our way back again. On the retu,
s. ride I was assailed by gigantic Ru
D. sian trooper who made Strike at n
Is with his sabre. partially guarded
d. but not wholly. and the next momeI
nc felt a singing pain in NV neck.
' nassed in a moment. however. and
IL was abont to make short work of Ii
70 trooper. when | heard NV brother crr
he "Ah! you would, would you?' al
H. the Russian fell cieft to the chin.
IT eve cut our way through, and on