New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28

h. died many years afterward by his own nahd
t. the intense sorrow of his dear friend General
Charles Gordon. with whom he lived anu re-
GREETED by all who knew him. He never hau d
private enemy. g Att. o,.a,,
must not pass from the events of this even
ing without recording the cooness Oh d Sou'is
soldier Of the I'd Battalion Rihe brigade upon
that coca sion The story illustrates the erect 81
discipline and military training upon ,ne
human mind and besides 1t deserves TO De re-
meInber-d by all men ana women VINO P,i,~e
manly courage The left OF our third parallel
indeed of all the parallels in the right ATTACK,
rested upon the WOrOnzOr Road raNlhe' Al
that particular spot the sides OF the raVlhe were
stem and there was consequently little damage
t. be expected from that quarter. IL was mt ,
fore but very sparsely occupied especIaiIy - IL,
ing the winter. when our numbers mao u~', na
aIarminrv This Young soldier was the left-nand
sentry Of the company posted there ana was
tod To- keep a good lookout for the enemy 10 NE
front and left flank In the sor.ie eu ~
have referred the Russians took possession Oh d
long stretch Of the third parallel. driving our
trench guards from II. ON the rArene 49,
near the magazine our men uhaer Holuo., ~
tanned good stand-up fight. holding on teia
oiouslv 10 their position After some delay our
supports coming forward sent the russians ny
ing back To their own works. Inc thru par a.c;
was reOccupei and fresh senuleS VII poae,
beyond it. During this process the olncer sen,
T., the extreme left to post a sentry there louhu
To- his establishment that there was one tners
already T. the young rneman VINO hau
been posted there early in the evening ne was
coollv looking over the parapet as II th'te hau
been no fighting in his heishporhoou ~ "a
and counter charges. or no trenches taheH a'l
retakon close beside him. Asked what ne was
doing there he said NJ was sentry. pu.
ho,v came il YOU are mere alone? what TOOK
,l.,e ,yhar The Russians jumped into the parallel
and drove out our men, Answering very
calmly and in a matter-oi-fdct fashloii' ne Sa,u,
Il stayed because when was pos.Nu NJ Wv
officer told me 10 remain untll snoulu Nv ic
,ieved saw the Russians ming IN, put none
came AZ me. and | obeyed my orders. am
sorry to say | cannot say VINO ne "as, u
~ GD
would fain record the name o. - so'u -
a soldier ,,, -. ,,,
In tn, second parallel. just behind the maya aga,
zine I have referred 10. was the EIeht-u"ii
Ra,terv" where Lord Raglan and the Head-
nw.rter STAFF stood during our futile attack OF
H.. 1stb of June We had been very successiul
some. eleven days before when We TOOK me WIN
known as the "Quarries' in front OF me heaan.
and tho French took the "Mamme.on Vert II
va. apparently thought that a great success q"
that day would obliteraie forever an re,',v III,
branc- ~ Waterloo. But II was very nd '"' al -
m. Russians should grasp hat idea also ana DE-
prepared To- meet any such attempt on our par
They certainly We're so. ior as soon as tne III -
r.lcoat jumped over the parapet from our au-
vauced trenches the whole superior slope OF nhe
paIan seemed alive with Russian sO.dlrrs bS
fore the attack were all in high spirits anu
expected success. but a game AT thc russ. - u
w,rks as they swaTmed with defenders the
moment our signal for the advance was gwen
told rs how futile were our hopes STOOD n ne
Lord Raglan when ne ordered 'he nun az =,
T., h. run up tn. hastily improvised Hasstaii
a. the signal for the advance OF our stor'n'"s
partv watched him closely as ne calmly SOU
peering over the parapet. the picture OF hls"
horn English gentleman. In my minds eye
rnn now zoe his armless sleeve ana lIiiiiiaCu-
lately white wastcoat and wel-orushed o'uv
/ COAT Full ~ kindness and gentleness To an
around him. he set fine example Oh coo'hesS
/ under Are that impressed us all ,,
When We were beaten back the RUSSIANS
opened from all their guns. ana the unusual S's" =.
- = flagstaff in one OF our batteries drew upon II
especially an extremely close and searchihs Nre,
standing beside Lord Raglan was SIR Harry
Jones-alsu an old Peninsula ofncer. botn W. VIZ,
Looking coolly over the parapet. when a ter s hoI
pr,zed Sir Uarry's head knocking MIN owe,
backward into the battery. The blood streamei !
through his snow white hair as ne was neiPvui
M and | watched t. see II LORD Raglan Wouiu
show any excitement over the harl"wheSs oi NE, ~,
+ own escape for these tier shot wer" tnen rat,ins
q out the battery. and shell and round shot came
| bounding In through every embrasure. bey"nn
/ , dom concern for the wound his Trend hau re-
/ ceiyei he showed no emotion and was as coon
I and collected a. II he has been al pdtdue ol w
F U,usshold trlops in Hyde Park. ~ ne leit the
battery went also to show him the wa, pAr i,.t
/ our frs, parallel. but when We reached the I'sn'
+ apnrnoch IL was difficult to get along anna tht
crowd Of wounded. some lucky ones on Str''theis =
! ,ho ,,hors bobhling along az best they could IN
r the hone Of securing later on similar moIe Oh
3 CONVEYANCE. To ea,n man as We passed. i-oi
Raglan addressed some kind and cheering "nruS
of sympathy. which in all but one ihS'al0 W., 20,
/ gladly received; and the exception was an ON
/ r Having at last cleared this crowd 81
wounded men. We were proccedihs III snSn'u , COW
a
i,lsf I'm front OF Lord Raglan. there , 'He Sui-
I denly over the parapet, retiring from me heaHh
Z a naval officer and ? negro seaman IL ""S N"P
4 ,in WilIlon Peel and his well-known black cox
sv,,in Lord Raglan stopped. and they were nav
/ ING some conversation about the serious repus'
we had lust encountered. when Ills Lordsh'p per,
/ ceivei that Peel was bleeding from MS arm
/ hone Won arr. not badly WOUNDED was the I'M
| neliote question. Nothing At all, a mere scratch
nv Lord" was the quick answer; ana ne weh'
I ON with his description of what had taken pa,
viii ne
/ storming party which he had accompanied as
FAR as they went. The man showed ms cnarac'c'
/ in thus making so little NJ wouhd wnl,n '''e'
/ ward proved to be a very serious one Hhur'u
/ Having conducted Lord Raglan 10 where NJ
/ ,,uII mai mistake his way back. left him. To gc
! hack To my work never L. see MN again Al
/ though cool and calm in outward manner one
/ could not help feeling that care ana s"Ilo"
! wruug his soul at that moment, ana II ever a ma
/ died of A broken heart | think ne dd SO ~
died at his post and have no Wlsh In 'ritici''
/ his generalship to question his htness Tor 'h'
| r,sponsible position he occupied II was com
/ ,,,onlv believed by most Of the young men OF my
own standing then that he did not wish TO nav
this command. but that 1t was forced upon mn
by those in authority at home now p'IieN'
/ this ia be true but be il 50 or not. or this an
/ certain no er-hearted gentleman. no braVei
man died for England in the Crimea than fieiu
Marshal Lord Raglan.
In the worst part Of the winter. when nrewooo
was extremely difficult to obtain, our men ~
the trenches occasionally appropriated tnt
handle OF a pickaXe or some twiss from tht
gibbons and fasCnes with which our parapet was
constructed When the culprit was caught III the
act one remembered that necessity KNOWS no law
and Il was generally thought best TO merely
make him disgorge what he had tried 10 carry
away against all orders Few OF US hau lhe nes al.
wan face and hollow cheeks, ana remembered
how his small bundle Of fagots would enable
him to have good meal instead " going hungry