The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-15

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NJ ALFRED 1sNHYoos.
,.,c.b,e Dispatca . - Indspsadses nsss
lpeess' London.
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...r.. Of the gallant Three l.ndssa, u
He W Briesde'
,.-n the hill, down the hin. thoasands .
Russians,
,,oo.snds Of horsemea drew 70 the vallsy-an'
stayed.
~.re riding ~
800, inc points Of the Russian laoees beck,
on the sky;
,.a c,,,td .Ie!t wheel into liuel" and the,
-" -:,e, eli and Obeyed.
,. ,f.,sel 1T the host that had halted
ne x,.:'s not "hy'
,..,,., ,ur,rrl hall roaEd, and he badehis trum
.rs cnar.e :" and he rode On ahead, @ h>
,.ay.. lis hlade
Ia .,,,ani Three Hundred, whose glors
will LtverGt".
.r,l,ow and up the hill!"
g.. tho hill. up the hill followed the Heavy
IyisaLe.
no ,rrr,pet the gallop. the charge, and III
w;.ll 81 the tight!
,o,n the hill. slowly, Thousands Of Russianl
,...- n, tie valley. aud hailed at last on the
height
v,, :. wing y ,>hed out to the left, and = wins
to the right.
o., scarlet was fur on ahead, and he dashet
up alone
through the great gray slope OF men;
An; ne vh,rlci his sa0re, he hel ID bis own
Xix. "A E:igliShman there and then,
49,, rho ,,,r.e that were nearest him followed
with force,
ve,sei themselves IN between lorse and
horse,
r.ucat tor their lives in the narrow gap they
had made,
rour amid thousands; and up the hill, up
a.,looe,i tn. g. liant Three Hundred, the Heavy
P;iyate.
Fall, like y caMnon-shOt,
Eurs!, like Il thusderbolt,
Crashed, like hurricane,
pn,xe through the mass from below.
uroye through, the midst Of the too
Plunged ny and down, 70 and fro,
Role flashing slew upon blow,
.raye lnniskillinxs and 0reys,
vh,rlinx their sabres In circles Of light.
AND some uf u, ali in amaze,
VINO we're hell Tor awhile from the 6ght,
And we're only standing 1t Ga8os
When the dark.mul5lel Russian crowd
Folded its wings from the left and the right
And rol!eJ them around like cloud.
IN! mad Tor the charge asd the battle were
When our own good Yed-oeets sank from
sight,
Like drops Of blood In dark gray So;
AID We turned to each other, mutterinG all die
mayed,
Lot are the gallant Three Hundred. the
Heavy Brigade!"
~.
fut they rode. like vietoEs and loeds,
Through the forests Of IanCes and sWerd,
I, the heart Of the Russian hordes
Thy rnie, or they stOod as bay;
Struck with the sword hand and slew;
Dovn with the brille-hand drew
The 70. from the saddle, and threw
CDier foot there 10 the ray;
Ranged like storm, or stood like rock
In The wave Of . stormy day;
TIN suddenly, shock upon shock,
Staggered the mass from without;
Por eur men gsileped up with . cheer and y
shout,
And the Russians surgel, and waveseI, and
rec!ed
Up the hill, UP the hill, up tho hill, ont OF the
field,
Over the brow AMI away.
v.
G.ory to each aid all. and tho charge that they
ma e!
Gl:ry 10 all the Three Hundred, the Heavy Bril-
gale!
The three hundred Of the Heavy BRIGADE
xEo male ;i,is famous charge were the Sc0:*
''r'vs u It: iir S.cOM squadron OF he lnntsk!l-
!ngs. IN remainder Of the H~avy HI, gale sIlb-
sTn-Miy dnsiling up to their surssort The
'hrt, were Holt. >cArle!t'x aide-sie-camp, who
ny be- ,ii.S ty his side. and the trumpeter,
an Sr.s"=os. the orderly, vino had been close