The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-09
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themselves to the first line, and. largely,
it was in a single line that Scarletts 300
flung thmeslevs on a mass of cavalry OF
almost unknown depth.
The fight was fought on a sloping floor
Of elastic turf; there was no explosion Ct
firearms. nothing but the ring of steel on
steel and the shouts of the combatants.
The Russians everywhere were on the de-
fensive, with crouching heads. In the pas
sion of the fight a British soldier, while
he cut down a Russian with his right
hand, would often clutch another Russian
by the throat and drag him from the sad
die. Clarke was cut cruelty across his
bare head with the stroke of a Russian
saber and the rush of crimson blood turn
ed face and neck TO the color of his red
coat yet Clarke himself, in the exalta-
ton of the fight. knew nothing of his
wound! Elliot familiar with war i'm India,
and fine swordsman, played a great part
in The fight but, overreaching himself for
a moment in thrust, four Russian swords
simultaneously struck him on the head
and face. He received the point of one
enemy in the forehead, the blade of a sec
ond divided his face transversely by a
furious slash, third smote him behind
the ear a fourth cut clean through his
cooked hat. Elliot received in ali fourteen
SWORD WOuIlNs, yet kept MS seat ana MS
sword through them all.
What, meanwhile was Scarlett's second
line doing? 1t was solderiy impulse on
the part Of Scarlet which made him in
stantly swing round and charge with the
three squadrons he had in hand the huge
bulk of Russian cavalry which suddenly
appeared on the hill above him. But it
was a scandal to his generalship that he
had not discovered the presence of so for
mil faen xtrfi
earlier; it was a still further blunder that,
instead of striking the enemy with his
whole force, his men were left to expend
themselves in no fewer than five separate
and unrelated attacks.
The Fourth Dragon Guards were nov
ing in the rear of Scarlett's first line when
they saw at almost the same moment the
dusky mass of the Russians, Scarlet him
self, his white whiskers visible beneath
his glttering helmet in their midst -four
ishing his sword, and the first line at full
sallop just crashing on the Russian front
The Fourth Dragons were advancing in
leisurely fashion, but, at that spectacle.
the men without orders instinctively drew
thelr swords and their colonel, Hodge,
said to his second in command, Foster, I
am going on with the left squadron az
soon as your squadron gets clear of the
vineyard, front form, and charge" Hodge
was good soldier; he went at a gallon
past the Russian front on It's right flank.
brought up his left shoulder-stil at she
gallop-crashed in upon the unprotected
Russian flank and hewed his way at the
sword edge clean from flank to flank Of
the mass. The Royals had received no or
| ders at all, but the shouts of the combat
had set them moving. They came over a
ridge of the hill in time to see the right
arm of the Russian front fold round on
the Greys. That spectacle set the Royals
on flame. Some voice cried out by c..
the Greys are cut off! Gallop! Gallopv'
| The men broke into a cheer the blast Of
| a trumpet pealed out, and trying to form
line as they moved, the ROYALS eaI,onad
| up, and smote the wheeling Russian line
| on its rear, and broke il to fragments.
Stiil farther to the right were the Fifth
| Dragon Guards, who also sprana forward
| like hounds unleashed, at the sight of tho
melee. Some stray troopers off duty iotn.
| Ell them-a man or two from the Light
| Bnsade drawn by pure love Of fighting
me TWO regimenial butchers in their shirt
! sleeves, etc. The Fifth Dragons came
up at a gallop and also caught lbs
| wheeling Russian line in the rear. se,-
ond squadron of the Inniskillngs, stiu far
! ther TO the right, was the only one which
| scarlet, before he started on his charge
had summoned TO follow him. II had
clear Held for the gallop; the men came
| o. 'ul 'itai SlnS pace, shot clear thr01oo
the Russian left wing-which II aiso
caught trying to wheel in on Scarlet ana
his men-and drove it with their ferv ON.
set In ruins upon the main body.
Meanwhile the Greys In the ceutor of the
| swaying mass had been rallying round
! their adjutaht, big man, on a .cigantic
kteed, with a voice famous for its RANGE
| who holding up erect in the air a sword
! that from point to hilt dripped with blood
shouted, "the Greysl Rallyl Ra11vp;
! Tormented al its center by Crews and Tnnis
| Killings, rent from flank to flank nv The
| Fourth Dragons. smitten with shock a.
| ter shock by the charge of the Po,,at
| and the first squadron of Innisl5ilIinrs
! what could the Russians do? They svv1y.
| ed to and fro; the clamor of shouting he
| stamp of hoofs, the clash of sv3rd IN
sword grew ever liercer, till at last The
! many yielded TO The few! The huge tull,
| broke aSunder, and mere tumbled Ura,,lr
! OF squadrons swept in flight over the crest
! OF the hill down which not many minutes
before, In such threatening shape, Il had
moved in order so majestic.
The Nlnety-third had watched the siobt
! and as The Russians broke they cheere6
! madly. while Sir Colin Campbell with
head bare, galloped up to the Greys.. his
| war-battered face shining. "Greys gal
! liant Greysr he said. II am sixtvaona
years old, but If I were a lad again /
would be proud to join your ranks"
That" said one of the French generals
who watched the scene, ais the most glor-
ious thing l ever saw"
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