The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09

20. and served with my regiment
of which ! can assure you I am very
proud through the Crimean campaign,
taking part In the battles OF Alma. Sc
bastopol. Balaklava n McKenzie's
Il left the shores OF old England on
the 10th OF April. 1854. landed at varna,
In Bulgaria. In May following. and
marched from there to Siiistria. ] was
present and too part with Omar
Pasha's army when he repulsed the
Russians from crossing the Danube.
We marched back to varna and EN-
barked for Eupatoria, and was present
at the cavalry AFFAIR In Buleack, and
the taking OF Katcha hills. and the taxi
ing of the forts. and harbor of Balak-
account OF the charge of the Light bril-
eade'
In the early dawn Of the 25th of Oc-
tober. 1854. we were attacked in the rear
by a post OF Russians. their object
being to take Balakiava. our rear being
guarded only by the cavalry and s3rd
h~ighlanders and a few Turks. They
doubts which were held by Turkish
troops. but they were brought 10 bay
by Sir Colin Campbelrs ~highlanders
n our marines and the French bat
teries under General Canrobert OF the
French army. As the Russians were
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made n splendid charge and two hours
later the Light brigade vas called upon
for action. l can assure you we were
In a sorry plight. through the want of
food and sleep. having been on the
watch all night in a terrible storm.
standing at our horses heads. ,
AT ten minut past IL o'clock
the signal was made to mount and
the order given to charge. We rod
In three lines. composed as fol-
lows: Our leader. Lord Cardigan.
rode at the head and on the right of
him rode the 18th Light dragons or
what is now called the 13th hussars.
ment. the 18th lancers. the death and
glory boys The second was composed
OF the 4th Light dragons and the Sth
hussars. the rear being brought up with
the 18th hussars. And so we rode. as
Tennyson terms IL. into the jaws Of
DEATH losing nearly half our members
before we reached our goal. The first
10 be killed was Captain Nolan. whom
I firmly believe brought the terrible
order. The valley we charged in was a
mile and a half long. You can just
fancy our feelings. riding at race horse
speed and being moved down I'm such
numbers. I arrived at the Russian
guns unframed. The Russians o
refuge In n cowardly way under the
limbers of their guns. II was then we
sailed I'm to avenge our fallen comrades.
II was sword and lance and British
pluck did the rest for them.
The Russian cavalry reformed be-
hind us. trying to cut us off. but they
could not withstand our fury. We
charged through them like a sheet of
paper. A short distance on the road
back ! saw my adjutant. Lieutenant
John Chadwick. 7 made a desperate
attempt 10 save him and just as I
him | was wounded i'm the left
side by n canister shot. from the effects
of which | staggered and lost my Of
I afterward brought a trumpeter
alive and bound up his wounds with
"a remnant OF my own shirt. and
we then staggered back to camp to-
The actual duration of the
charge was from 11:10 to 1l:40
O'Clock. taking about twenty-five min
utes i'm all. During that twenty-five
minutes We lost 400 men and about the
same number of horses. but the losses
OF the Russians were very heavy.
After we returned from the Crimea
we were quartered in Ireland. and when
news of the Indian mutiny was re-
ceived we We're ordered off again. We
arrived at Bombay in December, 1857,
and found the country in a terrible
state. After waiting some time for
horses we secured enough from Aus
tralia to mount N squadron and Ser
geant Mustard was among them again.
Our first engagement was on Sept. IL.
1858. when we defeated Tantia Topee at
Ratgahr n captured thirty pieces OF
from him. We followed him
up and engaged him again on the 9th
Of October. at Mangrauli. again defeat
him, and on the 18th of October we
Fought hin again at Sindwao. again on
the anniversary OF the charge at
again on he Goth of December
at Jeypore, n finally was present at
his execution at Sipri i'm April. 1859.
Topee, one of the most blood
thirsty and cruelest Of men. started the
We went into quarters at
on Jan. 1. 1860. and started on
our march from there to Secunderabad,
a distance OF $50 miles. shortly after
ward. My wife arrived from England
about this time and we remained i'm In
dia until 1868. when we returned home |
la England. and i'm Nav. 1854, I took
discharge and settled down here i'm
after serving her majesty
Queen Victoria faithfully for fourteen
The Mustards are natives OF Scotland
md We're mixed up i'm the Scottish re-
In 1715 and 1745. They origin
ally belonged To the clan OF McGregor |
or "the children of the mist" as they
are termed in Scotland. Having to fly
country from the troops of George
l., I'm this way they came to take the
of Mustard. Two brothers died
at Waterloo.-Chicago Chronicle.