The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-24


hill
Galloped the gallant Three Hundred, the
Heavy Brigade.
Fell, like a cannon-shot,
Burst, like a thunderbolt,
Crashed, like hurricane,
Broke through the mass from below,
Drove through the midst of the foc,
Plunged up and down, to and fro,
Rode flashing blow upon blow,
Brave Innisklllings and Greys,
whirliug their sabers in circles Of light.
And some of us all In amaze,
Who were held for while from the fight
And were only standing at gaze,
When the dark-muffied Russian crowd
Folded its wings from the left and the right
And rolled them around like cloud
Oh mad for the charge and the battle were
When our own good red coats sank from
sight,
Like drops of blood in dark gray sea;
And we turned to each ether, muttering, all
dismayed:
Lost are the gallant Three Hundred, the
Heavy Brigade"
But they rode, like victors and lords,
Through the forests of lanceS and swords;
In the heart Of the Russian hordes
They rode or stood at bay;
Struck with the sword-hand and slew;
Down with the bridle-hand drew
The foe from the saddle, and threw
Under the foot there in the fray;
Ragged like a storm, or stood like rock
In the wave of q stormy day;
Till suddenly, shock upon shock,
Staggered the mass from without:
For our men gallou ed Up with cheer and q
shout,
And the Russians surged, and wavered, and
reeled
Up the hill, up the hill, up the hill, out of the
field,
Over the brow and away.
Glory to each and to all, and the charge that
they made
Glory to all the Three Hundred, the Heavy
Brigade
T.Tne three hundred of the Heavy Brigade who
made this famous charge were the Scots Greys anu
second squadron of TIE innskilings, the remainder
OF the Heavy Brigade subsequently dsshing up 10
their support. The three were Elliott, scarletts
Aide-de camp who had been riding by his side, and
the trumpeter, and shegog, the orderly, who hao
been close behind him.
Alfred Tennyson's most famous poem Is 18th
Charge OF the Light Brigade" For pure lyric torcs
tits unsurpassed In the English or any other Ian
puage We had feared That, I'm his old age the Lan
reate might be losing the intense vigor OF qnarte
OF u century age. but his magnificent poem. ''Th'
Charge OF the Heavy Brigade" which appeared IL
London March lst, in AcMi!tans Magazine, provc'
that Lis natural fierce IL not abated
The charge of the Three Hundred of the Heavy Bri
pade. under Mayor-General Sir james Y Scarlet
wa. as brilliant and heart-strrirg dash M that
the Light Brigade, but more fortunate. Moving alon
the valley with some 100 troops. well within the Brit
.b lines. ar he supposed, he astonished to zee
body Of three thoas and Russian horse emerge alon
the top Of the ridge, half mile away. immediatel
they bore down on his seuadrons, which were with
ont support and, which indeed were 70 divided tina
ess than three hundred Of the InnskilIngs and Scot
,,rcys were Immediately at hand While facing thi
little troop about the left and getting his men in or
| der the Russians drew up TO within few hnndre
Yards and for some unaccountabe reason halted whe
General Scarlet ordered his men to attack and him
/ self rode forward at full pace against the Russia
centre. In the movement forward he got nifty YARD
IN advance of his men, who were slightly delayed
their charge up the hill by the ropes OF camp nc
/ vet ouIte struck Mounted on powerful horses, b
and his three attendants. Elliott. his aide de-camp,
! trnmpeter, and the gigantic orderly. shegog, brok
right through the Russian lines, and his three hur
| ared. following Immediately after, did the same.
was Impossible by mere impact TO beat iorce1e
times Al large AZ their own backward up the hiii an
so they fought their way through 1t, jammed In %
melee Of men and horses. saved by their superic
be,rht ana reach OF arm, shifting with one hand. on
with the other dragging the riders from their seat
Then they nd the enemy faced about to their rea
and again they fought their way through back
where they started Meanwhile, the wings OF u
Russians. which had been extended 10 right and is
ana had then closed to embrace the fatsd British,
IA the hug OF bear, were now smitten 10 their re
nv the remainder OF the Heavy Brigade which n
haan hurried along 10 aid their engulfed comrade
THAR onset, added 10 the confusion already cause
threy the Russians into utter disorder. and they hu
r,ed oonfusedly up and the HILL leaving the he
| 4, the hands 81 the British. Seldom has an engag
ment been more exciting and seldom one better Q
served than wac this by thousands Of English or
- French soldiers, who occupied neghboring cres
"a ,.hose vision was not cut of by any smoke
cannon. Mr. rennyson has done well 70 sive "
, COMPANION piece TO his olhci famous piece