Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-07-23
CHARGING A REGIMENT.
An Enraged Bulls Mad Attack ON Genera

All h6O Attack on General
De TrobPiands Troops.
Near New Kent Court House, Va,
General De Trobriand's brigade en-
eamped In field in which was an ILL
tempered bull, At first the animal
seemed to pay no attention to what was
going on, but after the arms had been
stacked and the men had scattered in
all directions in search of wood and
water, he began to be excited by the
unusual stir. As he began paving the
ground and believing, the dogs of the
regiment set up chorus of barking and
Immediately started in the direction of
the bull. He charged resolutely upon
the first five or six of them, and the
men fastened from all sides to enioy
the spectacle.
The moment the bull saw that he had
enemies more worthy of his notice, he
fell upon the nearest. The men, who
had no arms except their canteens and
tin cups, took to their heels with all
haste, and their companions, seeing
that the sport was becoming serious,
made for the fence, in the midst of cries
and laughter, the noise of which came
nearer and nearer.
Blinded by rage, worried by the dogs,
| the bull in few bounds was at the
| front Of the regiment. The Lieutenant
Colonel was there at that moment Civ
| ing orders, when twenty voices at once
called to him: 'Look out.' He turned
his head; the animal was almost upon
him, foaming at the mouth, fire in his
| eyes, with horns lowered
With one hound the Lieutenant-Col-
onel jumped to one side, his foot slipped
and he fell in a furrow. Happily for
him, the brute was under such Roadway
that he could not stop nor even turn be-
fore striking our stacks of arms with
his lowered head. He knocked over
two or three of them, threw himself on
| TIE liAe Of the SixtY7seqond, ogerturn-
ing every thing ia his passage, and
again turned upon US in the midst of a
general rout
On our right was the Seventh Massa-
chusetts. One of their wagons had
stopped near the road, and behind the
wagoa Has chained hne Newfoundland
dog, the pet of the regiment The
courageous dog made frantic efferts to
get loose, and a general cry went up:
'Unchain the dog! Unchain the dog!''
The dog was ioesed. He bounded
across the road and rushed upon the en-
! envy whom no one knew how to fight. A
few men, indeed, had seized their guns,
but they could not use them for fear of
killing some of their comrades. AS to
playing the role Of piaad2r with the
bayonet, it was SO dangerous that no
one was willing to try it.
When the Newfoundland entered the
lists every thing was changed. For a
moment the dog and the bull stopped in
front of each other, while a circle of
warriors gas fortaed around them.
Then followed series Of maneuvsrs
for position till all at once the big dog
mad a feint, turned sharply back,
sprang at the head OF the bull, and re.
manned fastened to his cara weight oil
not less than sixty or eighty pounds
The bull first tried to free himself by
tossing the dog into the air. Next he
tried to crush him under his feet. But
the dog saved himself With great ad.
dress. and then the bull. mad WITH paili
and rage, began to run at venture. bel,
loving fearfully, and carrying the huge
dog fastened like wise 70 MS eaE.
At this instant the commissary ser.
geant of the regiment q butcher BIZ
trade. came up. He armed himself with
Ratchet, and one vigorous blow upor
the backbone of the bull put an end K
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