Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-10
THAT FAMOUS CHARGE.
THE LIGHT BRIlADE'S AWFUL COUR-
 AGE AT SALAklAVA.

A Graphic Description of the Charge by
 Russian Officer of the Battery That Sustained It-Gunners SiIenced in Ad-
 miration.
 Col Nicholas Wampler, n Russian gentle man, formerly in the czar's army and diplo- matic service, but now a resident of Balti- more, was interviewed by Chicago Times reporter. and among the interesting things he said was the following description of the famous "charge of the Light Brigade:"
 It was a sublime autumn morning, with the sun breaking through low mists when our army began to move to the attack. was ill the artillery service, commanding then, as younker sub-lieutenant, two guns of a six piece battery We were moving before day light, and, penetrating a defile in line of hills, we debouched into the plain of Balak- lava under a glorious sunbuIst. We could see the enemy's pickets and here and thers a mounted vidette retreating before us, and as the fog lifted we beheld the smoke of the bivouacs that marked the hostile posi- tion along the heights. Then speedily came the other smoke as their ordnance opened the majestic prelude of the battle. Our artillery, clearing the pass, parted right and left to form with it's 200 pieces huge crescent with extremities i'll advance. My battery found position upon the extreme tip of the left spur. Between us the army poured-horse and foot-with Il soldityand brilliancy that seemed the attributes of invincibility. Every thing moved with speed and precision. We opened ill concert along the line storm of shell under which our huge troops of cavalry quickly formed and rode forward. The as- sault was well begun, and it was gorgeous sight to see that great projectile of horse and b,,p md boS flashed with the terror of death, bearing on- ward The Turks in the outer trenches fled almost without fire and the horsemen rode over their abandoned works as though on grand review.
 THE GREEN AND THE GREY
 The advance had been pushed with blood less success and was about to enter q thin strip of timber at the very foot of the ridge when there appeared, breaking from this cover, two scattered troops of horse. I was attracted to the green jackets of the one and the white horses of the other, and have since learned that then saw for the first time tho redoubtable Enniskilleners and Scots Greys. How quickly they concentered and how well they struck our victory seizing columns his tory tells. l saw them, as glass in hand stood on battery wagon, vanish with a puff of smoke and flash of circling steel within ranks. 1 beheld tremendous surge i'll our formations and saw the whole mass rolled back and driven off by the cheering Gaels like cattle before the herder. Great was our rage and dismay. An hour of artillery prac- tice succeeded, during which our command CTS were casting about for other plans, when we were attracted to movement of cavalry among the enemy. An advance was being made by red uniformed brigade number ing, judged, between five and six hundred men. We concluded that this was a division to cover some serious enterprise and di- rected a close lookout to other quarters The cavalry had disappeared in depres- sion in the ground
 THAT AWFUL SLAUGHTER.
 was studying the heights when was sur pr1sed to see the troops presently reappear over a swell and still directly advancing. Our emotions were of pure amazement Were the English, intoxicated by their suc- cess of the morning, going to capture the Russian army with a forage party? Evi- dently so for on they came, once more cov- cred by dip ill the plain. The cannonading ceased on both sides and there was that hush of a bated audience upon some moving scene They were still out of sight, but we could hear the dull strokes of their hoofs upon the turf. Up they came at last and as they hove ill view within .s..cannister range, their bugles sounded the charge and they broke from a brisk trot into galop. They were "a gallant com papy, truly, and it was svisible, evensto mo that there was good blood ill the set faces and hearts of oak under those scarlet jackets. The order to fire ran along the lines and I personally jerked the lock string of one of my pieces without sighting. Our whole ar tillery famed and roared like a volcano As my guns were run back to taut breeching and more grape was ralnmed down their smoking throats I leaped te a caisson to see the havoc It was awful. A third o& the brigade had fallen, some like stones, others plunging and. .writhing with horrible wounds The remainder bore on with gathering speed. found them too close ill upon my elevated position to depress my guns. A second volley struck them with the same frightful effect.
 MELTING HORSES AND MEN.
 The course of tho shot through them was marked by melting of horses and men and a spray of shredded flesh and clothing, while amid the hissing of the iron gale there was low, harsh sound that can ascribe only to the rending of bones and tissue. They passed us like coursers at the finish, the horses reaching with lightning strides and the men high ill their stirrups cheering and brandishing their sabers They passed within snow ball range of me and some of my men discharged their Pls1olS Auu sIlldll alulS upon the req ranks Into the pillow of smoke that rolled from the heart of our position they flew and there came a sudden check to the firing as though the cannon had been throttled. The shock of direct conflict ensued but ill few minutes the broken remnant of the troops reappeared, forced back by the hopeAssness of the at tack. There was some firing upon the brave fellows as they retraced their corpse strewn path of glory, but my battery took no part in it. We felt great admiration for the troops, but never understood, as no one else, be- lieve, the purpose of the maneuver
 Exterminates Cockroaches.
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