The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-08
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uest'heu 10 serve while he remained n
resaihcntal officer, The seth had been
warned Tor service in India, and VOL
Seley and Il brother officer had noI.
arrangements for an exchange into :,
regiment before Scbas,upol. v,bnn en-.
the result OF the heavy losses Incurred
VI the battle OF inkcrman. Lord Raglan
made an urgent demand for roinfncn
mentS. and the 90th was promptly 49,
patched to the Crlmea The regiment
landed at Balaclava ON Dcccn,b.,r Az
1891, marched straight TO the front. and
on the following morning BEGAN IL -
vice III the trenches in the face Of Sn..
bastopol The bitter winter had set =,
The troops on the Chersonese were .in
rags, overworked insut.cucu,ly rna'i
and already dying like files. The oGi.
GERS We're IN not much better case. Uni
FORM was discarded. and thor, an,nu,,
them Were men. as Josephine s,il n'
Murht, who 'smclt powder half n I.o,.ua
o. ana VINO would put their Creator tn
the sword without scruplc." Anons
,hese INTERPRETATIONS appeared WoJsn
ley smart, dappcr and rcgimcntallv nj
tired He retained much of his I,",
ness throughout the Tong cruel yint,r
ana had the reputation 81 wcnrin,r ,.Iaon
ana starched shirt collars longer thnr
HhN other man IN camp, outside of Tho
headquarter stan. He WAS SOM vii,
drawn from his regiment. for surl
was the cXccHSiV" strain on thu, eu,j,na,
officers Engaged in the siege. ulrr,ij,na
'hht N"iscl"N was almost Immediately.
suinihnhrd L" take up the duties Of an
acting engineer, which he continued IN
perform during tho prOtractc2 .:irr.s
SEVERELY WOUNDED nI.IroIn
SEBASTOpOI..
During the nine months No sa,y.l
TORE Sebastopol. WolsrIcN was - often
III the trenches as any officer I'm ,ba ~.
my he was one of the two survivors
oi Inc fourteen engineer officers Of III.
z aHHN.s i.
wounded. and several tiIu,c. SLIGHTLY
y round shot striking the c,rbra SiiTr
nj which he was working .,nrrind nv..,y
part OF his clothing: a bullet pnys.d
.hiuuSh ms foreign cap from peak to
BACK, knocking IL OFT his head OF thrn,.
nlesseS. each consisting Of four mem
bcrs, 10 which he had belonged he wns
the only officer who Went through thr
campaign, all the others being either
killed or forced to leave the Crimrn
front always ardent in lighting. expos
ing himself continually without stint
IL seemed aSif lie bore charmed life
1t was before Schastopol. in tie Grnl.
~ successful attemrt TO Gnin ana main.
tain !udSment in the "Quarri,.s. !" tbnt
Woiselcy underwent. in his own words
the hardest twcnty-four hours worl;
of his life" Early in the morning OF
June u, 1868 he was ordered to take
the place OF an officer who had lust
Ptt'l Nllic'- MI the HNtipniS DAY he
was hard AT work as the only engineer
officer of the right attack, under a con
slant ana furious bomhardmcnt In
the evening he accompanied the force
detailed for the assault of the ClIarries
with directions 10 construct n commu-
nication between the advanced parallel
and them Thrice during the night did
the occupancy of the Quarries change
hands; each time with desperate hand-
to-hand fighting. in which WoIsslcy was
ever in the front of the bloody struggle.
In the intervals between the assaults
and counter-assaults. he busted himself
in constructing a rudimentary parapct,
chiefly of the bodies Of the fallen
friends or foes indiscYimnatcly, as some
protect TO the fighting men So spent
We're the British soldiers by the long
struggle Of the night. that II was I'm vain
the officers strove to rouse them from
the slumbcr Of utter exhaustion. In