The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-08

Inc grey dawn there was seen Il dense
to'uilh oi russian tiuops advancing
To the recovery OF the Quarrics. In
THIS crisis, the British officers and non
commissioned officers. numbering all
tod under Il hundred showed IL gal
lant front. and opened fire on the. ad-
vancinE hostile column, one and all
cheering loudly while the buglcS sound
ed the advance. The Russians wavcr-
cd. aud then suilenly retired. After the
strain and cNcrtiOn of twcnty-ruuI
hours of continual tension. WolSciey had
ihilcn from utter exhaustion, and latci
was found lying on a heap OF slain GOV
cred with blood. himself Ia all appear
ancc (; dead man. He was reused with
difficulty, when II was found that he
had completely lost his voice, and that
he had been wounded in the thigh from
a canister shot early in the previous
evening, 10 which, in his zeal for duty,
he paid no attention.
II was, however. not until near the
end of the siege OF Scbastopol that VOL
Scley WAS wounded so severely that his
injuries were Thought To be mortal. At
the end of Il sap he was filling a gabion
assisted 10y two s;ppcrs, when Il Rus
sian round shot struck il fair In the
centre. The Sabion was all but full of
stones, and it's contents were scattered
with terrific violence. The two sappers
who had been working with Wolselcy
We're instantly killed the head of one
man taken sheer on, while the other
was discmhoWcled AS for Wolselcy,
he lay scnSeless until Il passing sergeant
of his working party pulled back out
of the trench without ceremony what
he believed 10 he a dead body. when he
presently discovered that the life of his
officer was not extinct Wolseley' s
whale face, as well as, indeed as the
greater part of his body, WAS honey
rOmhpl wifi Wounds on l,>rS .tn
from the gallon which were imbcdded
In the flesh. y large stone was driven
through he check and jaw into the
neck, where IL lodged: the right wrist
was all but smashed and Il serious
wound WAS inflicted on his, risht shin.
the bone of which cXfolialcd later Both
eyes Were completely closed, and one of
ne sight was permanently destroyed
The surgeons first casual diagnosis was
tcrscly expressed In these words: Hes
a dead 'un' but Wolscley reused him
self 10 eXclalm fpcbiy: Pm worth a
good many dead men YETI Ills csti-
nation OF the situation proved 30 be the
correct one. and after passing some
weeks in Il darkcncd cave while in u
measure recovering his egcsigh,. he
joined The QuaricYmastcr-Gc Generals de
partmcut. and was one Of the last to
uuit the Grim a. Re had attained the
rank OF CaDain there after only two
years service. ANA when as yot not
tWtnty-tNo years of y. g; but. notwith.
standing Lord Raglun's special men
lion of him in dispatches aud Sir Hurry
Jones recommendation Tor promotion.
he did not receive the hTcVct-Inatority
which his services warranted III
brought home however, the knight.
hood Of the Legion Of Hpnor and the
Fifth Glass order Of the Medjidir.
HIS SERVICES IN INDIA.
In the spring of 1857 tho eo;h rcri.
mont, mustered to it's fun strength OF
Ivy men. san IRON Ports mouth as a
portion OF Lord iIlHin's expedition Ia
China. i'cnGruarters ana seven com
panics OF the regiment vnyRred in tht
SWIFT HimalaNa. which was intc,contcd
and brought Ia Calcutta ut the instance
OF Lord Canning Oh account of the out.
break of the great Indian mutiry. and
the troops which sh" carried arrived uu
the country in time To participate, in
Tie first relief of Lucknow me re.
manning three companies. one Of which
was W olseicy's. embarked on the
Transit. a miserable old tub which
leaked Ike sieve. and was finally
wrecked in the straits Of Eanca: hut
the detachment was brought IL Calcutta
on board the shannon" ana III
Pearl of the royal navy. and prompt
~ hurried forward to Cawnpurr Aftcr
u skirmsh at Sithoor wher, Wo,scicy's
tiltI-tl W. N..l WIKI tho legs OF
Naua Sahib's Billiard table Earnston's
battalion OF attachments to which
Woiseicy's company temporarily bs-
longcd. moved w to- imbagh IL.
take part in Sir Colin Campbclrs ac.
complishment of the Second Relief of
Lucknow Woisclcy missed the dCsi,el.-
ate ana bloody struggle in the Sccun-
dIabagh: but on the following day he
was charged by Sir Colin with the task
of stormins the strong position of the
Mess House with his own company sup
ported by sons dctachmcnts. That
building itself Was found abandoned,
but after some sharp Fighting. WoIse.
ley cleared the surrounding buildings
of the hostile marksmcn who infested
them Then. with only his own com,
rany. he dashed across III" hrc-swcut
open space between the Mess House.
and the Notice Mahal. broke into that
great structure by storm. drove the en-
envy from the enclosure, and chased
them heaGlong into the Goomtec
i'ut between the Notice Mahal occu,
pied 10y Wolseiey's company the lead
Ing detachment of the relieving force.
and the Engine House" ana Horn
Khana," the advanced posts of the gar.
riFon there remained still an open space
Of considerable breadth swept by cross