Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-06-01
BALAKLAVA,
lOuR M0IpEaIs OP THR oRRAT OHARaR

TO a correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Gazeiis Mark King, now an iron worker
AT ITont0Wn, o., has given the following
description Of the charge at baiakisya
which he took part
0Well, Young man, can't describe Il ~
very fine way, but will do tho best ]
can, You SOC, l was the servant Of
Colonel James Brown, and though the
servant Of az officer does not have any
picket duty TO perform while IN camp OF
IN q font, le las 10 take paH IN all the
tights The British army were ~ pos
session Of three batteries situated on 0
hlutt, one above the other, and the
brigade composed q part Of their sup
port, As Nc sal Ia our saddles that
morning, watching the progress OF tho
battle before W, and saw the redoubts
taken by the Russians, the order came
10 advance, II was delivered by
CAPTAIN Nolan Being the servant Of
an officer l was near the commander
when tho order was delivered !
distinctly heard Lord Cardigan say
MY God, how can We do ~ Then
came the replyl There Is tho order,
there arc the men, and there are the
batteries Nolan also said, | will 60,
We were then ordered by Lord Cardi'
gan, who led us, TO charge, We lad TO
ille perhaps mile across mafsliy
ground, under life all the time, before
We reached tho bluit on which were the
batteries, HIT We went, tell you, and
went like tho wind, the mud from the
marshy ground flying up behind
NJ IN perfect shower, Not 0
shot WIS fired until We reached tho hrsl
battery, which We rode right over, firing
our large horse pistols ~ We wont, Ol
course We did not have time to reload
them, aud We grabbed our short swords,
which were made secure bya loop OF
leather over our wrists, On all aides
we could Reo our men falling like
grass before q moving machine,
hut on We went, not daring to show the
least eowarlice, for We we'll knew that
tho rule among the lirltishcrs WAS to
shoot tho lnt man who showed the
white feather, Reaching the second
battery. the worst part OF II came, Tor
there Ii was regular hand to hand fight
with knives. But We went through
them, cutting and slashing on this side
aud on that, killing the ginners and
other soldiers like no many sheep, while
the blood flowed almost like water down
the slope, After taking the second bat
terry We were going for the third, but
our ranks were 30 tltinncd out that II
was too much for rs, and wo wheeled
around, rc,rclting past the first two
batteries, which were instantly manned
by achievements from tho Rus
SLAMS. Hastily gathering our mon to-
gCthcr, the order was given to charge
again, which We did, taking the batteries
the second time, hut again failing to
take the third, Then We were ordered
TO retreat, which We did, riding down
the hill ut brcalncck speed, trampling
the dead and wounded under the horses
feet, and killing all who came in our
way. Reaching the place IRON which
We had started, what few mon were left
were faced about, and raising their caps
gave cheer that could bc heard for u
mile, chile the soldiers on oil sides OF
us chccrcd with all their might. When
we went into that charge We had about
600 or $50 men, and We brought out
about 100 or 100"
"What was thought of the order when
il was received, Mr.. KingY'
"Wcll, everybody thought 1t was n
mistake. To us il seemed impossible
to even ride across the plain without all
being killed, for the plain was bcina
swept by perfect hurricane OF bullets