The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-09
CHAPTER XN.
MISSING

That we have been beaten at the Redan
well known, and all attempt to take tina
work is, for the present, abandoned. Tn
perpetual rattle Of musketry confirms tn
report that the French have got the Mala-
koff. and are still fighting hard to retain 1t
in the Karabelnaya suburb. What ne are
to do next is canvassed on all sides-both IN
the trenches aud out of them. both among
those in the advance and those IN the re-
serve.
As Tom Byng pithilY expresses 1t II >
not likely we are going to stand - 81
licking like this quietly more especially az
those French fellows have got 10. hlckeu
out, by Jove, is the only wsy can describe
our leaving the RedAn!
The artillery duel a Oufr1nce seems 10
have been tacitly abandoned for the present.
Like two dogs that have fought, both sides
seem engaged in licking thor wounds and
catching their breath, preparatory to re-
newing the combat; only that scattering
fire in the Karabelnaya suburb tells that
the foe still clings to the hope Of oustlng the
French from the Malakoff. SO at least was
his pertinacious resistance in that part o1n-
strued by the allies. Subsequent events
showed that even the gallant Todleben at
last recognized that the game was up, and
that the struggle was only prolonged until
darkness should cover their retreat
Sunset came at last, aud whit the relefs
for those who had spent the last weary
hours in the trenches. The Russians some
what renewed their cannonade for the next
two or three hours, then it suddenly died
away, only to be succeeded b. some loud ex-
plosioDs within their works.
That sounds deuced like blowing up their
nag zines, said an officer of the Engineers 3,
in tie advanced trench. lone explosion
might have been an accident. but not two.
l say, Campbell" he continued, turning to
an officer of the Highlsnders who stood by,
1.-THE Redan has been awfully quiet for some
time. Let's 60 up and see if there's any
body in it."
The two officers accordingly dropped
quietly over the parapet aud stole through
the darkness toward the work from which
our people had been driven psll nell in the
morning. All was still as death. Slowly
they picked their way amongst the dying
and the dead across that grape swept plateau
until they reached the abattis. The Rus
sian lines were perfectly mute, save now
and again for gun from distant battery,
or slight scattering exchange Of NUS
kerry VITA the French in the rear Of the
Malakotf.
well crawl up as close as they will let
u.s." Campbell whispered.
The Engineer nodded assent, and the two
creps on cautiously till they reached tue
% ba al To-
down and listened After pause of two or
three minutes, during which no sound came
from the interior of the work, the Engineer
whispered:
at is empty; we'll just stay here five min
utes to make sure, aud then go back with
our news
The FIVE minutes elapsed, and still the
same unbroken quiet; after the awful tur
MOL of the last four days, the silence seemed
perfectly Weirdlike.
The two Adventures made their way
rapidly back to the advance Of the right
attack, and at once communicated their
discovery to the general commanding there.
A small cou Gil Of war was held upon the
hdYiSabilitY Of at once Selling upon the
abandoned work, but the weary veteran
who commanded quickly closed the discus
sion with the remark;
"If it's empty now wa shall find it empty
in the morning and if it happens to he
mined, it will probably have blown up by
then"
And it was well he 50 decided. for about
iaybreak tremendous explosion emphat-
icaiiy announced that the work was empty,
while the three or four explosions whic
speedily followed proclaimed that tho Rus
laus had blown up their magazines, and re-
treating across the harbor had abandoned
the south side of Sebas opol.
By d4ybreak the rex morning it was
known all through the lines of the allies
that the siege was over, and that the cele-
brated fortress hsd ct length fallen. In the
course OF the day many officers aud soldiers
entered the town. having pass d the cnaiu
If cavalry videt-es, now spread across the
approaches to prevent their entrance; the
chiefs of the army still fearing there might
be mines left as yet not exploded, which
produced he following sarcastic remar x
from NJ. Fhnn: The - such placs ever
] heard Of It's harder a dale TO get i.to
than heaven. Here's first the Russians
wouldn't let US in, and now, begorra, our
oH gIneral won't LEI US pass. IL ought to
be mighty pleasant place Inside, for those
that's in il seem mighty anxious TO keep it
FOR themselves. It's sInrutdering mistake
made when | listed; after all the mouths
we've been taking II, to think ne maynt
even look at IT."
Some few DAYS had elapsed since Sebasto-
pol had fallen and still no tidings could the
-th get OF Hugh Fleming. The last mau
who could positively speak of seeing him in
the Redan /" as Phybos, who vas lever tired
Of narratln4 the story of the part he took
In the melee, of how his foot slipped, how
Capt. Fleming came to his rescue and how
the last he saw of him hs was IN the midst
IF a crowd OF Russians
And he saved my lie, he did," he would
Invariably conclude IN his rather boyiSL
treble, which was ayt, taken In conjunction
VITA his undevelopsd physique, to make hi;
auditors wonder Why ne was sent out for
ruch rough work, One or two hospitals had
oeen discovered inside the town, the beds
tenanted by fhe dead and hopelessly
wounded; hospitals, too, in dire condition as
was likely after having been filled to ex.
cess during that last terrible bombardmeni
and then bAstily abandoned. One English
officer, it was true, was found therein alive
mortally wounded and delirious, whom
death soon relieved from his suffering, but
there was no trace of Hugh Fleming. One
only hope had Tom Byng and his comrades
pc was not amongst the killed found in the
Redan, or on the plateau outside, and it wa;
little likely the Russians had carried him of
unless he had been alive. Still it was an ex
sraordiDary thing that no letter came from
1im If he was a prisoner. Officers under
inose circumstances generally wrote. moi
only to relieve the anxiety OF their friends
but for such necessarles as money, clothes
Dtc Then, as far as they could, each side
helped the other to complete the list of theil
casualties. But of Capt Fleming there wa
40 mention.
If there had been anxious moments about
The eighteenth of June at Manchester, you
nav judge what the feelings OF the two
girls were when the wire flashed home tbs