The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-03
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To Of BorodiRo, as related by . veteran
Russian soldier TO q correspondent in Mos.
COW OF the New York ThNI. From the
narration much Steamed ri the character
Of Napoleon,
ave had got quite tired Of ALWAYS re.
treating, and when we saw that old kuru
! & meant 70 stand and fight, you should
have seen how we oil frightened up.
some Of the books say We yer dlscouE.
aged and gloomy on the morning OF the
battle; that's q lie. How much 'discOuT.
Hged' We were you may judge by this, that
even after the battle, when nall our army
was destroyed, our men wanted 70 try 1t
again; and II We had | b~lieva We shOu d
have won, Tor the heart was nearly out Of
tie enemy by that time, The FIeHChman
Is o hot and soon cold; but we
Russians arc q stubborn ss', and grow
harder the more we're hi'. The morning
RISE chill and dirmSl, with . cold, while
mist wrapping US round like the shadow
uf The grave; but it soon scattered when
the guns began 10 fire. Such q din III
they madeI II seemed to tear the very
sky, and the earth shook for miles around.
We had $40 cannon, all g ing as fast 70
they could BIZ loaded, and the Frenlh
guile a. many, II not more. You should
have seen my ia'her's eyes light up at the
frst crash Of the. C%annonade! de com
manded q battery in the great redOubt,
which defended our center, and | was be.
side him, for, with such odds against US,
even q boy Of fourteen was worth some.
thing,
"All the fights l aver witnessed" land
the old mAu's eyes 4 ,shed fire M he
spoke) "were a. nothing to that OF day,
Three times over oil the gunuers oil our
battery were killed Cd 10 the last man,
three times over fresh men took their
places and the work began Vgain harder
than ever. Hall our guns were dismount.
ed, and the breast WORK Of the redoubt
WAS 80 smSshed and beaten down that al
last II 10y fat like an overturned hay'riCk.
The air was hot aud choking the smoke
so thick that you cold ha, y see a foot
neiore you, only nov and then, a. the
clouds parted. you caught u glimpse oil
some man falling dead, or wIlHVling OF
the ground with his blood running Oul
like water. The "whoOp" Of the cannon
balls through the air WI, almost "a loud III
the din OF the firing Itself; and what with
he heat and the upTORr aud the binding
SIN Ike, and the shadOwy masses OF men
looming through 1t with their blOOdshOt
eyes aud pow der grlmed faces, and the
crashing and shaki' gOi everything, II wa.
a. the very world itself were burt NJ In |
pieces before the coming OF God 10 judE
NNnnR .SpIlNunIU Nhn NannnNuIA nAunnI I
Tor an instant, and In the lull We htard
strange sound fer away in the distance,
like rain paIteripg upon leaves, which
grew louder every moment. All at once
4 whirl Of bright uniiUrms and shining
helmets and changing horses aud gleam'
ing ssberH came suIging up over the front
Of the reduubL like q great wave, and In
burst the cavalry Of the French Imperial
Guard, sweeping all before them. That
CharRe carried the rsdOuht and broke the
ceutie Of our line-as gallant a thing as
ever saw done, ~ though they who did
1t we're our enemies.
~ had ms time to dive under q gun car
riags a. tie rush swept by, and wien II
was past ] Crept Out again The t'St thing
| saw was my own father lying dead with
In three feet Of mP, Crus' ed by the horse
hOO's like a trAmpled leaf. and Clope be
side him lay the b ny OF a French officer,
in n rich, gold laced uniform afterwards
that this wa Colonel CSulain.
court, who had led the charge and been
dead Just Rs he leaped into the re-:
doubt. All was still around me, but iaI
away 10 the north | could hear the roll o.
and musketry still goiUg on, and
there wss O red glare In the dArkeninv
over the Village Of BnrodinO,
which had heen set on fire by
The Bhells. Suddenly ! heard voices
,l,0a to me, and saw q ROup Of
S-;;th plumed has, wIon
messed at once 10 be NapoIeon's staff
Ihere was Murat, with his laced .cke
and long white plume, q rid ng.whip In
hand, and Bis hair hanging In curls
,ver bis shoulders, Inst like acltcns ridet
There was GIN old Rapp, win y isge HE
no knOCker Of a prison door, and Michael
New with his low forehead and bulldog
Nv, shut ns tight ss a trap. Aud there,
n the middle Of them, wa the man him
,.lf. Ia his little gray coat and Cocked hat
calm and cold after all the fury Of the bSt.
lie, and with a kind u tar.Oil look In those
leep gray eyes oil hiH, as II they saw MOS
COW somewhere In tho sky aud could see
between. L
"'This has been a glorious day, indeedG
cried Murat bSasifuIlv, II mriShing his
whip owe his head. 'PRria may well illn
nina O over snch a victory Victory in.
iepd,' growled old Ney; another such
victory" pdrp'cr. and there'l be no one
left to carry Tue news home! D. You
know that half the arny's & ne2 We bad
better fall back aud wait for reinforce
ments.' Then Napoleon turned bis head
and looked at him, Just as q statue
might have done. Thou Counciltng re.
lreat, Michael? thGt'a something new, In
Heed, indeed! Mono falling back
must date my bulletin from Moscow. And
AZ Tor the army, one CAn't make al omelet
breaking a few pgRs.'
"When ! heard him FAY that ! knew
that he was doomed, for no man but one
v HON God had forsaEGn could speak 30 Of
fail II u hundred Thousand brave men
And when We were hunting him back
pver the frozen steppe', three months h
ier, | feIttha.the spirit oil the dead march
ri with us."