How the British Fight.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 4, 2 June 1885, Page 3

How the British Fight.

*-* v Thefrillowinir story frb:a a' leading i i : !^f«>i?- J >>fk i p^p,e>:, more tlian thirty ■^^e#nt«W,:will ty&.-.rpad. with interest -si jit '<iht!'.i|>»'es««)t" 'moment : No raun ' ' wli«> hasailinp <»f Anglo-Si xon Moor] m IVfc, veins will read of tin; c mduct of the British tn'iops sii Alma without , a thi'Ul of adinirfitipii. The i«iil Wrnisr >;■ \>t ttife Wile feiriij>oiV'tlioiii, ' and it yA'Hrajfthevniolit- trying •••that"; can occur .^jn military operations. To cross a \ * '•deep and difficult ford J n the very fti&4 of a tn»in.endo<W fire of si hundred piece- 1 * of ortiJlei-yy. t'> form on the op|)oaite bank where the ground was ? IBo£K( ' '>rokeu ( 7;md sudtiriibered, to struggle ..up steep heights under 'a niuttie^6jfi3rswee]>ki£f shower of !griij»«»;--runnd Shut, shotl, canister, casb >hot, . au<l. tnusket'lv, to march slcadily on, 1 ; | t^'is^Bl?f {^ f i n - s a»d co;ni|)anies weiv lifovcccl doivji like grass,, and tot sweep uw^tltlieiEit.^aasilVom a posi^on—of an achieve- , ine^f^l^tj^'took^Saxon staiujina toy '*( f^f^^fU was not impetuosity, the,, ;u iSftl\ftJjj' Sf» *W fc ' 1 ? l *»iHfiU<? ■■ *r<J' »<>rf wh'ieli" 1 tliii tub; e'smi them ructs, j !'*\«iK|llL4P!^^-' l! % I:f^ ; Trilall Il '-I|ii«lialily "^Sqjd s ? &»V£ : ' i^'^: vHfqJ!^ !t6 J thiv 1 ■I'tli^. -*Sin«l & Inartial Ivr sul»jpet>; i-oj panic, h !^j|id*^uifK'liil*e liardly escaped it' m f^cii^^tvemt'y,; U.™ *>■<*&■} iowSttliai.iijieieriuinei^,' uM&ltevinlg. lrpri. :\ enjer^ which won. this < battl e^-that | •' quality which as signally tn^ks the j TljeiPrefech^ iW ft|| f lt& : &sier part ti> 'perf«ira ;of out- / tmiiii^ the winiji .they;; l^J^u^^h'is ; und,3r. £ cuiisuleiVihlc : dim"eulty *'."'. j&S iuth»'ir .Jowiii, galJant style.' • The Russians fought witlr •undeniable Xhcy did., not lekve the '^^^fnjij oonn»elled, cli.splay.od .th.at stea<line!«s; ; !i|i , V*. refcreat,\lo'iig r'ii-.-ii- ruo.stc]e.>tin^ni>hiug ] r^'^iV^iet^ijistic; .! ; Ft* w; j? uch',«ljeta ils h.« ye wj-iifivir oceiirred ! to Avhio'a . « he • loss was ytitflkniaii m ipiuHou^r.!! ■ and captiu e»l '■"'Wiis;,; ;Tlie' .-ipu-it : iviilV virliich the fought; 'is |>est niidsj-et) l»y ■ o-tl^e ftOOO dead ami wounded they left on the baitlu-fieltl. :[n -view of the • " fact ttiat^ apcordinjr to .thti latest 3 *^a<rfSs^iSt*a, <!i tiVpir force 'atnbun ted' to l %iPsxM?99® l "' m i' oll^^ n n to »,.the w j .fß^'e)j;j';6i«yd .eh ii, actpr of tln-ir positiohv ifJ;|iJig-w,.iiMJf^fli» riM»iirb.ibji'proportipti] qristo as inruoji credit :>^p'dh ;>>( ithoir, foctifiuld; as^pou llie ;of ; 4h^^<jn|iuie|i: ,;iThe i!'^il» l\0y;. o|; tli^^^l ]; psj»s ■ -.p'ntl irijjqy&iareid 's?. ■ )p||^ | • 4inp t !f o wing }*m ijtife^esivu^r 'ohmmp wss w<wvii .'oilly 'ajifqut'" ;30.tj00 ; ott.VhHni; w«re. J t i (bnt^-ifitlvisiWiJf • > -dt ! . Ll»,e;| ii[Ttnjjr ii;^rineh fj'(lsoe\.y ;• lost a mu.u;)o It has i^iifte^; w?te "s&** '^gp'iejwvtibju'; >i vffcbrtl^irfß: like •'. . -tiu^e*. a a H 1 ;. tig" rod m f^^VwapajlerSi anil .thny: omn'ot "fail of .^witli oxiv^»<) ! i»t»>rest; i^^j^tti *.jfj^^a ; ji'is : desnaix'h M written , with* j, ; T oim(>ixe"ueiijs, clo'cirness, 'and 'i-ißfeganbeVrfl^. m dignity and freedom f^b^eytfiy tiling like ganconaicle, forms ; JJKBWK^^ to the rhapsody of ; wMtoi ;Axasmdi. .v/'-l:.^- •; > ... • ' ". "" "*