The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-07-06
IA NOBLE REVENGE.

*eyery step OF earth round this
~ fortress in the Crimea was
E Red with human blood. Thous.
of Frenchmen, Englishmen.
ans and Turks had fallen by
Slan bullets or been carried off by
|era or other diseases. Still, the
fess defied the united exertions
1e allied armies. On June 18,
the French had, indeed, with
qerful bravery, attempted to
10 the Malakoff Tower, consider
fW be the KEY of Sebastopol but
we're repulsed, with immense
by the Russians. On Septem-
sa second attack was to be made
Maiakoff. and on the preced.
be z1hauAs gave themselves
IHA8 the few amusements which the
1 cs1p afforded them.
Fhe zouave is always a merry SOL
DIR; he laughs at everything-at
my things at which he ought not
laeh-at life, at death, of the chol-
eraat poverty, at guns and cannon
Onhat evening the merriest among
theouayes were the two brothers,
Chaes and Victor Carabine, so call
ed tcause they knew no other father
thai their musket. They were not
evecertain they were brothers ; the
chieproof of their relationship was
theh mutual affection. They were
as lib, too, in face, as they were in
hear Victor was to-day telling all
sortsOf funny stories they seemed
to thk little about the terrible day
whicl was to dawn on the morrow.
Althe bells of Sebastopol and all
the tumpets and drums of the
Frenc camp, too. announced noon
on Setember s, 1855. A signal
soundd from the hill where General
Pelissit had posted himself with his
staff, and with sharp eye he was fol.
lowing all the movements of the
army. Before this signal General
MacMabn, who commanded the
First Diyision, threw three battal-
ions of souaves against the left side
of the Malakoff. Charles and Victor
Carabim had the honor to stand in
the vanguard. With their comrades
they cDssed the enemy's trench,
climbed up the breastwork. and were
soon inside. Colonel Collineau led
them. He received shot in the
~ ar eiiupon the Russians,
1i&he quickly bound up his wound
with his handkerchief. waved his
sword and rushed into the fray.
Charles Carabine had young Rus
sian officer opposed to him, who had
already cut down five or six Zouaves
with his sword. Charles rushed up
onhim. in order to aYenge his COM
rades, and disarmed the officer with
the first blow of his sword. But the
Russian had already seized heavy
fragment of a shell, which he was in
the act of hurling at his foe. Victor,
who was fighting about fifteen PAGES
of from his brother, saw the danger
in which he was, and fired at the
Russian. The ball struck upon the
eagle of his helmet. without even
causing the officer who wore it to
vince. Meanwhile the great piece
OF iron had smitten Charles to the
ground. In a moment Victor is at
his side; bpt he comes too late-the
huge piece of iron had crushed
Charles's head.
1t is terrible sight that meets his
eyes to the right, Charles dead at
his feet, and his foe, fighting fierce!y
as ever; to the left. on the top of the
parapet, he sees Corporal Lihaut. the
brave boy of Paris. unfurling the
standard of the zouayes. and close to
him MacMahon planting his sword
on the ground they had taken.
Urged on by the madness of vic
toryand thirst for revenge, Victor
cries: "This way. comrades" and
like torrent his companions rush
1Uwn upon the Russians. The Cap
tain who had slain Charles is cut
down. together with his soldiers, and
hurled into the trench. Is he head
or alive? The zouaves don't know.
but at 5 o'clock they are masters of
Sebastopol.
Victor was made Sergeant for his
bravery during the attack. He
marched with his comrades through
the suburb of Karabelnaia as sword
in hand they drove the Russians to
the bridge, which was their last ref
uge. The city was on fire in several
places, Victor came at last before a
house whose:appearance showed that
1t belonged to people of high rank.
1t was the dwelling of rich inhabi-
tant of Sebastopol /; perhaps one of
the leaders of the defense, whose
skill had cost the French so