The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-05

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the center. The gabion was all but full
of stones, and its contents were scat
tered with terrific violence. The two
sappers who had been working with
Wolseley We're instantly killed, the
head of one man taken sheer off. While
the other was disemboweled. AS for
Wolseley, he lay senseless until pass
ing sergeant of his working party
pulled back out of the trench without
ceremony what he believed to be a
dead body. when he presently discov-
cred that the life of his officer was not
extinct, Wolseley's whole face, as well,
indeed. as the greater part Of his body,
was honeycombed with wounds caused
by stones from the gabion which were
imbedded in the flesh. a large stone
was driven through the cheek and jaw
into the neck where it lodged; the
right wrist was all but smashed, and
a serious wound was inflicted on his
right shin. the bone of which eXfo]i-
ated later. Both eyes were completely
closed. and of one the sight was per
manently DESTROYED. The surgeon S
first casual diagnosis was tersely ex-
pressed in the words: Hes a dead
excIaim feebly: 'Im worth a good
many dead men yetr' His estimati ton
Of the situation proved to be the cor
rect one, and after passing some weeks
in a darkened cave while in a measure
recovering his eyesight, he joined the
quarter ster-g generals department.,
and was one Of the last to quit the
Crimea, He had attained the rank of
CAPTAIN there after only two years
service. and when as yet not twenty
two years of age; but, notwithstand-
ing Lord Raglan's special mention Of
him in dispatches. and Sir Harry
Jones' Recommendation for promotion,
he did not receive the brevet-maiority
which his services warranted. lie
brought home. however, the knight
hood of the Legion of Honor. and the
fifth class order of the Medjidie.
HIS SERVICES IN INDIA.
In the spring of 1857 the Goth regi-
ment mustered to its full strength of
LOCO men. sailed from Portsmouth as
portion of Lord Elgin's expedition
to China HEADQUARTERS and seven
companies of the regiment Voyaged in
the swift Hin1alaYa. which was inter
cepted and brought to Calcutta at the
instance of Lord Canning on account
mutiny and the troops which she car
ried arrived I'D country in time to par
ticipate in the first relief of Lucknow
The remaining three companies. enc
of which was Wolseley's. emba rked on
the Transit. a miserable old tub which
leaked like a seive. and was finally
wrecked in the straits Of Banca; but
the detachment was brought to Cal
cutta on board the Shannon and the
Pearl of the royal navy. and prompt
~ hurried forward to Cawnpore. After
a skirmish at BithoOr. where Wolse-
ley's dinner was cooked with the legs
of Mana Sahib's billiard table, Barn
stons battalion Of attachments, to
which Wolseley's company temporary
ly belonged moved UP to the Alum
blaugh to take part with Sir Colin
Campbell's ACCOMPLISHMENT of the
Second Relief of Lucknow. Wolse-
ley missed the desperate and bloody
struggle in the Secundra bagh; but on
the following daY he was charged by
Sir Colin with the task of storrning
the strong position of the mess house
with his own company supported by
some detachments. That building it
self was found abandoned, but after
some sharp fighting. Wolseley cleared
the surrounding buildings of the hos
tile markSmen who infested them
Then, with only his own company, ne
dashed across the f1re-swept omen
sDace between the mess house and the
Matee Mabal, broke into that great
structure by storm. drove the enemy
from enclosure to enclosure. and chas-
ed them headIong into the Goomtee.
But between the Notice Mahal, occu-
pied by Wolseley's company, the lead
ing detachment of the relieving force
and the Engine House, and ''Herrn
Khana." the advanced posts of the
garrison. there remained still an open
space of considerable breadth swept
by crossfire from the Kaiserbagh On
the one side and from the opposite
side of the river on the other Woise-
ley. in the heat of victory, called on
his company to follow him across the
fire-Swept interval. and thus earn the
glory of accomplishing the earlles.
communication with the garrison. 1t
happened that simultaneously with
Wolselev's rush there started out from
the Engine House" a detachment of
the garrison bound on the sortie. Out
in the open. about midway between
the two posts. the advance of the re-
Heving force and that of the garrison
Joined hands. Strange to relate, re-
lieved and believers were of the same
regiment HEADQUARTERS and seven
companies OF the 90th. part of the gal
liant force under Outrarn and Have
lock. which with desperate fighting
end severe losses had achieved the
first relief, belonged to the garrison,
within touch of which were the three
companies which had been shipwreck-
ed in the straits of Banca. but which
were now rejoining their comrades of
the gallant regiment. And to WoIse-
ley belonged the distinction of having
been the first to effect junction be-
tween the garrison and the relieving
force.
In spite of the achievement, Wolse-
ley found himself in a scrape. When
Sir Colin Campbell gave an order, he
hated that it should not be obeyed to
the very letter. AS soon as the ardor
of the moment was sHsat,
woIseley had to recognize that
old g Kubbardar" in the ma
tive language take oareD would
bully him vehemently for the heinous
offence of exceeding his orders. He
tried skulking, but Sir Colin had very
keen eyesight- The strength of lam
guage in which the old chief admin
istered a, severe wigging was quite
equal to Wolseley's expectations, or
rather approximations. When ordered
only to take the Mess house. demanded
the chief, how dared he exceed his in
structions by attacking the Notice Ma
hal? 1t was lucky for Woolseley, con-
4;,,,,ad Ciy. (-otix, that he had ISeraf ot1f