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P

HARVARD COLLEGE
LIBRARY

THE BEQUEST OF
EVERT JANSEN WENDELL

CLASS OF iSBa

OF NEW YORK

1875.

lft2o

h '[all of :rnijW?

J

THE BATTLE OF DORKIJS^G:

REMINISCENX'ES OF A VOLUNTEER.

DESTKITOTION OF THE ENGLISH FLEET.
BATTLE OP DOUKING.

GERMAN OCCUPATION OF LONDON.

FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

By a Contributor to '-" Blackwood ^

Fifth Edition

NEW YORK:
G. P. PUTNAM & SONS

1871.

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SSCKB OF X TOLUHTBXB.

vemment office meni~''*

ere, for duty in tov

r ; but the militia regii

ole divipion, I was 1

d file. We coald Bet

f our division, and c

■ies of Ro^ Artillery

ing to the Tolonteei

§. The cooler lur, the

it strength of the posi

hioh, I am not ashame

sn depressed. It wta

close with the enemy

ad halting ominonaly

se in those who had th

o days the invaders

iland, and nothing eSei

done to stop them. And the ignorance

Tolnnteers, from the colonel downwards,

their movements, filled ne with nneaalnet

not bnt depict to onrselves the enem]

oat all the while firmly his vell-con«

tttack, and contrasting it with our on

purpose. The very silence with whic

eai'ed to be condncted filled ns with m

invhile the day wore on, and we beca

iger, for we had eaten nothing since d

visions came up, and there were no

unissariat officers. It seems that wht

Waterloo station a whole trainfal of ]

wn np there, and our colonel propose

trucks should be taken off and attachei

that we might have some food at 1

iier in charge, an assistant-controller, 1 1

L-r-tbis control department was a nev

36 THB BATTLtf OF DOBStl

which did na almost as mnch harm as
long run — said hts orders were to keej
gether, and that he couldn't issue any
department.

ad tobacco smo
onder ench cii

d afterwards, li

acks; it was n

id nothing to ;

yon, while we '

iled, the Genera

ling ahont slo

e common, lool

ith valley. Oi
coming, and a'

td that led toi

md a regiment i

t in advance, and now drew up a

18 ii

M ai

Mhii

tloc

use)

t b;

; an

the

oat
bot
>A1
isiti'
'as t
Dild

BCXNCBB OT A. TOLD:

e poeitions. Such, i
he facta, was to be t
I hill, therefore, we
we coald catch a
illey below rnniung
1 red were working
I the Royal Eaginee
le. On we marched.

hrough which we pa

was a pnmp on the

% good drink ; and p

wife and two or t

uid handed us hnni

I baskets. I got (he

baskets must soon fa

ras to be had till ii

; indeed, moat of t

Iready. On arriving

drawn np in the street, and just oppo

shop. Onr fellows asked leave, at i

threes, to go in and buy some loavet

began to break off and crowd into th(

a regular scramble took place. If th<

order preserved, and a regular distr

they would, no doubt, have been st

hunger makes men selfish : each man i

ping behind would do no good — he ■

his share; so it ended by almost thi

joining in the scrimmage, and the Bh.o

in a couple of minntes ; while as for ]

not get your band into your pocket ft

colonel tried in vain to stop the row ; i

were as bad aa the men. Just then i

by ; he could scarcely make way for tl

TBB BATTLB OF SOBKnTO :

9t rather radely, and in a pasaioa he oi
lebave properly, like soldiers, and not li
ghfl. "Oh, blow it, governor," aaya '.
am*t agoing to come between a poor
" Wake was an articled attorney, ani
say in those days, a cheeky yoong c
Md-natnred fellow enough. At this epi
follow^ by Bome more remarks of
lOse about him, the ataff officer be<

" Orderly," cried he to the lancer ri
"take that man to the provoat-mar
ir," he aaid, turning to onr colonel, ■wh<
lilent with astonishment, " if yon don't 1

men shot before their time, yon and ;
iTS had better keep tfaia rabble in a litbia
" and poor Dick, who looked crest-fallen
d certainly have been led off at the tail of
s horse, if the brigadier had not come up
. matters, and marched na off to the hill
own. This incident made na both angry
Hu We were annoyed at being so roughly
r the same time, we felt we bad deserved it,
lamed of the misconduct. • Then, too, we
:dence in our colonel, after the poor fignre
affair. He was a good fellow, the colonel,
imself a brave one next day ; bat he aimed
being popular, and didn't understand a bit
and, .

: — We had acarcely reached the hill above
ich we were told was to be our bivouac for
;n the welcome news came that a food-train
It the station ; but there were no carta to
nga up, so a fatigue-party went down and
I supply to us in their arms — loaves, a bar-
cketa of tea, and joints of meat — abundance

^ BSHINISCJEirCBS OF ▲ YCXLUNTXBX. 12d.

for all ; but there was not a kettle or a cooking-pot in
the regiment, and we could not eat the meat raw. The
colonel and officers were no better o£ They had ar- |

ranged to haye a regular mess, with crockery, steward,
and all complete, bat the establishment never turned up,
and what had become of it no one knew. Some of us
were sent back into the town to see what we could . pro-
cure in the way of cooking utensils. We found the
street full of artillery, baggage-wagons, and mounted
officers, and Tolunteers shopping like ourselves ; and all
the houses appeared to be occupied by troops. We suc-
ceeded in getting a few kettles and saucepans, and I
obtained for myself a leather bag, with a strap to go
over the shoulder, which proved very handy afterwards ;
and thus laden, we trudged* back to our camp on the
hill, filling the kettles with dirty water from a little
stream which runs between the hill and the town, for
there was none to be had above. It was nearly a couple
of miles each way ; and, exhausted as we were with march-
ing and want of rest, we were almost too tired to eat.
The cooking was of the roughest, as you may suppose ;
all we could do was to cut off slices of the meat and boU
them in the saucepans, using our fingers for forks. The
tea, however, was very refreshing; and, thirsty as we
were, we drank it by the gallon. Just before it grew
dark, the brigade-major came round, and, with the
adjutant, showed our colonel how to set a picket in ad-
vance of our line, a little way down the face of the hill.
It was not necessary to place one, I suppose, because the
town in our front was still occupied with troops ; but, no
doubt, the practice would be useful. We had also a
quarter-guard, and a line of sentries in front and rear of
our line, communicating with those of the regiments on
our flanks. Firewood was plentiful, for the hill was
covered with beautiful wood; but it took some time to

4Mi«Lifa

MDJISCENCBS

rd to Dorking.

sat ohalk-raDge

t to the Medws

re, where the

S suddenly to t

We stood on

eastward towai

1 what appeare

ibove HB, and 1

,0 which the pi

headqaarters (

eloped steeply

lich mns nearl

d carries the

Reigate, and ii

le chateau, and

uiDuauK Liviii it, was the litt

in the trees, and rising up t

other side of the valley, wh

Common, the acene of yeaten

t of the town of Dorking

suburbs stretched away

froat, calminating in a

ich the grassy slopes of t

nbs and trees to where

I railway station was a

I mills, of whose garden

w, their little ornamental

-glasses in the morning si

park sloped steeply do

led, through which ran t

railway from Epsom to

i sonth, meeting the Gu

3t angles. Close to the ]

:« station already mentit

LB OF DOHElir

d stopped the
t (our left), an
alk-hill again,
he gap ia calli
)od with vhicl
I, and the top
he natural stn

glance ; a hi
a stream in fro
seemed made
i;ap ; the groai
I roads immeo

a little valley
1 gardens. T
tion ; for althc
1 the ridge co
>oint and adra
in two. Bat ;
ind thus criti<
have been stn:
tition ; bat whi
the peaceful bi
;he oatline of
massive crispn
trees, lighted i
shade. So thi<
lem slopes of i
ght have been
as the more ii
irith the BGeD«
iber, as if it W'

that it should
cration of ou
in prevented,
i part of OUT ri

; CO

_^ .0

r

CENCK8 OF A TOLUUTKB

this great calamity woi
ipoBsible. Too late, ala
ins in the parsble.
Dot euppoBe the scene
f : the camp was brisk
got over the etresB of w
; Te felt a uatoral enth
BO Boon to take a part s
ntry, and ve vera insp
irce that was nowaBBem
«Dded off to the rear
iiDg np— volunteers, mi
leard, had come down fi
ad the night before, and
Long trains, too, begai
e gap, one after the oth'
nuiiiia ana vomnieers, who moved up to th
right and left,- and took up their poqjtion, n
most part on the slopes whioh ran np fzon
of, where we stood. We now formed par
corps, we wera told, consisting of three <
hat regiments composed the other tw
[ever beard. All this movement we could
position, for we had hurried over
xpecting every minute that the battle won
ow stood or sat about ou the ground n
rms. Early in the morning, too, we sai

m

^■-ain come along the valley trom the direc

ird, full of redcoats. It halted at the lit
ur feet, and the troops alighted. We con
^t their bear-skins. They were the Guan
' einforce this part of the line. Leaving a <
Urmisbers to hold the line of the railway
he main body marched up with a springy
he band playing, and drew np across thi

fori
inter
ras e
el U.
,tol
; waf
iage,
3ver,

11 cc

id tl
conl
efro

ily.t.

)1 BO

rved
nlan

le s&i
crow

ilanl
kna[

1 m ezd
lary pa
ithfalo
doany,
rt,faadi
hat pla<
Mwete'.
)ini0; a
fromdi

lOfftO^

rompar

sent V

[ve«, Afl

QdTraT

ter; wl

jht wen

buiB unuual monu

since we left Lorn

tance of time, alt

I can remember

Thpv were both o

on Sanday

;ceijsful Ian

' deepair,

iken by sni

th the hum

B shores ; i

<pt the best

bed and di

rcantile cr

a check, ft
iregnable ]
, a force w;
I raeh invad

36 Tax BA.TTt,B OF DOBKIsa:

them. And the sea behind, had no choice beti
der. Let there be no pusillau:
he fight maet be foaght ont
one isane. England, expecta
confidence the resnlt of the
i Tolonteera, The writing ap
rather inconsistent. The san
int had Bent off 600 workmen
a branch arsenal at Birminghi
ne we had nothing to do, exc€
rhich we did every few minnt
I farther to onr right, now ta
o our left, as one order after
, the line ; bnt the staff-officers
letnally with orders, while the i
ey moved about from one par
it on almost incessantly. At li
inns, the bands stmck np, an(
>nr army corps came riding di
I'seen him several times befoi
frequently about the positioi
he DOW made a sort of forma
thin man, with long, light he
as he sat on his horse with i
icing down the line, at a littli
e might be five-and-twenty ; I
more than fifty years, and ha
ices performed when quite an
t he had more decorations thi
le breast of his coat, and wo
. nechlace round his neck.
, he was dressed in blue, with
-a bad plan, I thought, for it
ous. The general halted bef
ter looking at us a white, a

or A TOLCHTEKB. 3f

id a post of honor next her U^esty's

Id ebow onrnelveB worthy of it, and of

liehmen. It did not need, he said, to be

;he Btrength of onr positioi

perly held. Let ns wait ti

3, and then the word woul<

re everything, we mnst be

I with onr colonel, we gan

y where the Guards were d

e thought, the battle will

no aigna of the enemy;

sultry, began to be very 1

ty Bee the town below, and

1y a confused blur, to whic

ly made out. After a whil

followed the general's adc

and we began to feel less aa if everything

keeping onr riflea firmly grasped : we wen

arma again, and got leave to go down

twenties to the stream below to drink. '

and all the hedges and banks on onr side of

by our skirmishers, but the town had beei

The position appeared an excellent one, ex<

enemy, when they came, would have almost

than our men. While I was down at 1

column emerged from the town, making for

We thought for a moment it was the ene

conld not make out the color of the unif

dust ; but it turned out to be our rear-guard

from the opposite hills which they had

previous night. One battalion of rifles hal

minutes at the stream to let the men drink,

minute's talk with a couple of the officera

formed part of the force which had attacks

on their first landing. They had it all the

lEHUTTBCKITCES OV i. TOLmiTIBB.

be enemy, as yet nnBeen by it" *■■

io far, things had not been

mmbers and for That ire had '

review on Brighton Downs

hpoghts were passing thron|

in groups on the grass, some

heir bread, some even asleep,

had fallen into was suddenl

ed firom the top of the hill on

oase. It was the first time 1 1

in fired, and although it is f

liistle of the shot, as it left thi

The sound was soon to be'

b all jumped np at the repa

lut the word being given, grai

the leading files peering forw

ling enemy. This gun was

gin, for now our batteries i

muug me uoe. What they were firing i

see, and I am sare the gonnera coald not e

selves. I have told yon what a haze had

air since the morning, and now the smoke

settled lite a pall over the hill, and eooi

little but the men in our raake, and the oi

gunners in the battery drawn up next m

OD our right. This firing went on, I she

neady a couple of hours, and still there

"We could see the gunners — it was a troop

lery — working away like fury, ramming,

mnuing up with cartridges, the officer in c<

slowly up and down jnst behind his gun

oat with his field-glass into the mist. '

they ceased firing to let their smoke clear

did not do much good. For nearly two ',

go on, and not a shot came in reply. If a

40 TBB BATlLS OF DOBEi:

ttiia. said IMck Wake, who vtts my i
he least The v
e of musketry w
3 at it, and verj

our heads, and

Up to this tini'
V deployed Into 1
Q the valley or ga
the hill almost <

had a. thick ban
r part of the rej
1 little way op
he line, so the rig
ied the op^ grae
mt away at this
We had been
cashes on the top
lear for firing ov

however, a pan
led the job. Mj
18 beyond the she

again, was the h
then came a bat

a great mass of
ip to the big hou

tbe firing begai
•as took place,
ly's artillery beg!
)d we conld not
Lhe shells over o
nst beyond. An
rdly tell yon. S
;ne, it seems as if

know, as we lay
uld never pass an

lB<mifCB8 or X TOLUKTSXB, 41

plying their task, firing at the iiiTisible
3ping for a moment except "it""! ""■f
blo7 would be heard and
or four of his comrades n
The captain no longer n
become of him I do not k
d firiog for a time; tbey 1
Y, and up rode an artillery
aw, a very handsome man, w
rk moustache, his breast <n
iared in a great rage at the

ada this battery?" he cried

inry," said an officer, ridii

toticed before.

«fore me at this moment, st

„ backgronnd of smoke, Sir 1

on his splendid charger, his flashing eye, l
pointing towards the enemy to enforce Bometi
going to Bay, the yoang officer reining in his
beside him, -and saluting with his right hani
hie busby. This, for a moment, thfen a dol
l>oth horses and riders are prostrate on the {
round shot had struck all four at the saddle I
of the gunners ran np to help, bat neither <
have lived many minutes. This was not the
killed. Some time before this, almost imm
the enemy's artillery opening, as we were lyi
something like the sonnd of steel striking si
the same moment Dick Wake, who was next
ranks, leaning on bis elbows, sank forward <
I looked ronnd and saw what had happened;
at a high elevation, passing over his head, ha<
ground behind, nearly cutting his thigh oi
-have been the ball striking his sheathed baj

TBI BATTLB OF DO

e noiae. Three of us carr

till, on tl
B the act
and acl
eTening
96 of ih(
at the ei
regnlarc
e body n

firing a

the colu
It peopli

top, whi
ediug: p
a red lii
of fire be
enemy h
ifased or
»ne, bat
ing, and
in it oan
Bkinnish
; along b
ired in V
; we CO

np and
lame oni
Qt a ratt
OBtly, ho
in reply,
ng doTT
an order
reserve c
been, tha
elmet-spi
Bs they

44 THK BAIT]

tbem there appeared to fc

bat in loose order, each

ftnd then coming forward

clattered on horseback uf

men, give it to them ho

^:;i ..1 A..» «a »n»T we i

beflyi

t be t

oonel

ktoti

onld.

ATebe

«a and

ly&Ui

trenu

bankt

irwas

idtaooi

arpng

Itwaa,

'hichh

light t

vford I
ighhit
verjat
!ided,a
ang wi
thronj

07 A TOLUKTB]

I yrtm liftiog
ped me. I then

his thigh w
Btruck himwlif
streaming dow
in-water onder
, lifting him n|
gh the gate wh
era our camp h
mnst have cam
>ort the broken
ma, brave fello
1 at all I cannot
I than inyself ;
f onr fellows, al
md Wood met i
n this we place<
at he had got a
leavour to take

US to the ranks. " Ion really must not b1
(ray, gentlemen," he said; ''pray keep
" But we can't leave onr wonnded to be
ind die," oried one of onr fellows. " Beat
Srst, sir, he replied. " Gentlemen, do, pi
regiments, or we Bhall be a regular mc
3oubt he did not apeak too soon ; for besid
straggling to the rear, lots of volunteers :
ments in reserve were running forward ti
whole ground was dotted with groups of i
I hastened back to my post, but I hat
notice that all the ground in onr rear was
thick mass of troops, much more numeroi
morning, and a column was moving down
aur line, to the ground now held by the

46 THE BATTLB OF DOBKJNI

this time, although the muBketry had i
tillery fire seemed heavier than ever; it
overhead or bnrst aronnd; and I cbnfei
' back to the friendl
the bank, I noticed
ion oar fire had ere
atrewed with dead o
icB of the fallen en(
V getting dnsk — tl
Q gallant Guards s<
the line of their vi<
e could have passei
our brigade-major
sappose his horae
rour anns, Yolnnte<
we found ourselves
iketry fire. How 1
>er, but we could d
irmishers, about sis
mong them; and t
n check, for they wi
re were protected
know not how — I
I gone wrong. " ■!
(ime one ; and looki
irere dark figures j
and firing up slon
e, who had come d
, mnst have given ^
hers had got throi
. How the next m
whether it was wil
oond ouraelves out
;ling line about thi
lat is, the other flan!

4B THS BATTLE OF D

describe, Tegiments and detach m<
lew disorder. Most of as, I belit
enemy and fired away our few rei
It ...a tn« ^«^^ to t^g aim^ fortna
emy had bronght ii[
oint-blank, wonld hi
re conld see little
ir Gre. In oar cpofa
at immediately behin
leers were in vwn tr
leir shonts to us to
could be heard &bov
fased babel of sonn
d his way through,
he men brushing pai
erate task; and the
r to deploy and ad
dim reeolleclibn of
! front, and push oi
e attempt to save t
'ur adjutant, who b
the regiment in the ■
I to lead us, OF at a
if the hill in the reai
met a vast crowd ol
hurrying rearward
le, and we. were bo
before it was possib
ns to an open spac
i there we reformed
[ing UB to halt, he ro
ind out where the r
lint, a spur of high (
teau. we looked dow
J battle-field below.

I. TOLmrrXBB.

iMhefl from thi

stray shell oac
e were beyond
;»ve time to tb

df y of ezpec
int of battle;
yon do not tt
tu are facing an
Qsider whether
I fightlDg for J
tty mnob alike.
eginB. But n(
;h ve did not
L gone against
in must have c

above all, we i
lattle meant tc

what had beo
ion, too, Bet in
yaelf, I had fou
ayonet-wound
left arm, just
le. I rememti
en we iost the
til now, when
as sticking to i
i, and while wi
f men and mi
I ns told their
>ack. At last
) to na ont of
d take np a p
loold join in 1

the morning ;
and made our

so ' THE BATTUE OV DOBKX

best we conld. A fev scraps of newi

onr leading section j

a time, bat the e
he line between ns
It, and had ponred h
•wing the line into
lear Gnildford were I
.nked. The regular t
i to push OD aa fast
and allow them to i
ng. The gallant olc
«n badly wotmded e
1 off the field. ' Th
; the household oe
iers, bnt had got ii
cnt np. Sach was 1
weary column. Wl
ine knew, and no on
It must have been
ead. Here we left
>ad, and the block be
painfnlly along ; Bei
ig the railway by thi
we supposed — such i
gh to be picked np
'psom. The night li
>orm, with a cool a
dng clothes, chilled
was stiff and sore,
ition and hunger.
tter case; we had <
before, and the bn
away by the storm-
i bottom of my bi
o smoke. In this pli

f A. TOLmrrsBi

t guided OB in
ind we lay doTi
LI was here tak

00 present on
of these wen

; but it was c
[ifl oonfaeion of

pass by, in t
n with commis

" Food ! " cri.
>ed ap and sn:
rliip them off;
onteots of the
"e preserved m

bayonets. Tl
at any rate we
lame by with t

1 spoke to ODr i
y lade," sud hi
int: &1L in, an
jf." We rose ■
;y strong, and
ilong the road ;
ers or militiar
h bundles, son
ot ; here and t
wherever ther
Led soldiers, 1

or carts break!
own the confus
med full of yo
ing, or tfying

choked up. '
B order, but tht
> volunteer regi

52

THE BATTLE OF DOUUNG:

had arrived from the north the previoti« niglit, smd had
been halted here for orders, were drawn up along
the roadside steadily enough, and some of thfe Tetreatmg
regiments, including ours, may have preserved the sem-
blance of discipline, but for the most part the m«fc
pushing to the rear was a mere mob. The regulars,
or what remained of them, were now, I believe, all in
the rear, to hold the advancing enemy in check. A f^w
officers among such a crowd do nothing. To add to the
confusion, several houdes were being emptied of the
wounded brought here the night before, to prevent their
falling into the hands of the enemy, some in carts, some
being carried to the railway by men. The groans of
these poor fellows as they were jostled through the
streets went to our hearts, selfish though fatigue and suf-
fering had made us. At last, following the guidance of
a staff-officer, who was standing to show the way, we
turned off from the main London road and took that
towards Kingston. Here the crush was less, and we
managed t.o move along pretty steadily. The air had
been cooled by the storm, and there was no dust. We
passed through a village where oub new general had
seized all the public houses, and taken possession of the
liquor; and each regiment as it came up was halted, and
each man got a drink of beer, served out by companies.
Whether the owner got paid I know not, but it was like
nectar. It must have been about one o'clock in the after-
noon that we came in sight of Kingston. We had been
on our legs sixteen hours, and had got over about twelve
miles of 'ground. There is a hiU a little south of the
Surbiton station, covered then mostly with villas, but
open ^ the western extremity where there was a clump
of trees on the summit. We had diverged from the road
towards this, and here the general halted us and disposed
the line of the division along his front, facing to the

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4 TUB BATTLE OF DOKKIMf

a b&d h&rdlT & cartridge left ; so he or
came from the north, i
us enongh Co make np
off a fatigue party to
18, while a detacbmer
> foraging among the ^
loar they brought bacli
e us a Blender meal a
bonses were empty, an
all eatables, BJid a gO'

been between three i
of cannonading begai

could see the smoke c
of Eeher and Claremon
>B emerged from belo^
gnlar troops. There

driven up the slope a
lie knoll. There wert
Dted eight gnqp amonj

the line ; it was a bri
, but the whole did nol
e hundred men. Our
loved a little to the r
sently we were ordereij
m on our right rear,
o longer march with '
7 swollen and sore, am
ned better than being

battalion as best I co
ras a goods shed a lit
, a strong brick buildi
isted. The rest of on

\
\

3CESCES OF A TOLI

1 ; and, in s few in
ly np from Goildfoi
It, the train paesed
i rails, while the rei
9 on each side. J
ihed, and an engini
Ic holes in the wall
ily half-a-dozen of
. ae we had no tools
s were watching tb
i active as ever, loo
ird. The fatigne-pi
tall baker's handca
share. It contEUDei
t. The meat and t
cook. The loaves
water in the yard,
lonld have liked U
ing very offensive, 1
I sure I should not
ile we were eating
d us'of another dis
vitnesBed ourselves.
a whisper went do
3n captured. We i
ind understood 'the
f this were true, of i
8, we went back to
was only our sec
eady old soldiers, i
9 about fire, and the
Q on us made no b<
of discipline, am
r chance of success
re ; but I think we '

C6 THE BATTLE OF 1

to fight on as long as ve coald
gave his spirit to everybody ; a
manding vaa a very cheery fella
we were oertwn of victory. Jut
looked in to aay that we were as
we mnst be sore and pepper tl
more cartridges would soon ar
steps and benches In the shed, ai
men were standing, to fire thron
while the Ime soldiers and othe
guarding the second row. I sat
DOt now use my rifle, and besidi
than loop-holes. The artillery
now on our position was from
occupation for the rifiemea had 1
was a crash in the shed, and I v
blow on the head. I was almost
could not make out what had
shell had bit the shed without qt;
but the blow had upset the step
the men standing on them, bri
plaster and brickbats, one of wh
now past being *of nse. I couL
could barely stand ; and after s
make for my own bouse, on the
one still there. I got tip, therefi
wards. Musketry fire had now i
were blazing away from the win
from behind walls, and from th
still standing in the station. A
the yard were firing, and in the
serve was drawn up. There, to<
horseback, watching the fight tl
remember having still enough se
tion was a hopeless one. That f

h^

OF A TOLUNTEBB.

be broki"" *^"-""t' •
inst giv«

nr house,
ayself so
sing Tra'
hen leadi
1 broa^
promise

this d
lected ti
■ieod — a.
ay befor«

1 would
ee if I CO
>UBe waa
m my wi
d a blaze
)ped ia a
ad been
ood tfaer
d socks I
ocks, fail
ih beaut]
Taaes of
iliar pict
lidst of ^
Idy aa 1 1
txistence,
rpar of t
g of the
appeared
d waa wi

step at 1
tefore, bu

S8 TUB BATTLB Or DOB!

came in. My appearance fiightenec
as I did into the hall, my face and
l>lood and dirt, I must have looked
**■" "*•"•' 't he gave a cry and tn
it stairs. Bnt he Bto[
; him back to his god-pi
f np to me. Papa had
IB very ill : mamma va
ncy was in the cellar,
i wanted to go to mam
lall for a minute till I <
I opened the bedroom di
is body resting on the
B wife's shoulder as etn
heavily, bnt the pallor
rostrate arms, the cla
his month, all Bpoke oi
d servant had done hi
I his master home to dl
iman was too intent on
of the door, and as the <
3d it gently and went <
rthur to the shelter bel
Too late I He lay at 1
dis little arms stretched
had not noticed the en
, splinter of a shell must
irway; it had carried a
poor child's death mnst
ed to lift np the little
ta this load was too ma(
vn I fainted away.
■Avae to my senses agau
i time I conld not make
>r BQise time like one h

ISUINISCEMOBS OF A TOLUNTSBB.

o move. By degrees I becam
iarpeted Soor of a room. All
but there was a sound as o
Lt last I sat np and gradually
ent gave me intense pain, £
Lighly inflamed, and my clotl
them dreadfully sore. At lai
ray to the door, and, opening
, for the pain had brought b
ying in Traverses little writii
[iHHage, into which I made m
and the draving-room door «
ten dining-room the glimmc
id np the hall, in which half a
d be discerned, while the ri
>h men. The table was covet
bottles; but most of the men

r on the floor, a few were k

and one or two with their helmets on wei
at supper, occasionally granting out an <
tweeen the monthfuls.

"Sind wackere Soldaten, diese Englis
.gen," Baid a broad-shouldered brute, si
bunch of beef into his mouth with a silv
plemeat I should think he must-have beei
first time in his life.

" Ja, ja," replied a comrade, who was 1
his chair with a pair of very dirty legs on
one of poor Travers's Jaest cigars in his n
gut laufen k&nnen."

" Ja wohi," responded the first speak<

nic^t eben o schneU wie die Franz&sische

" Gewiss," grunted a hulking lout from

ing on his elbow, and sending out a olond

his ugly jaws ;"and da Bind hler etwa guti

OO TBB B&TTXB OF DOREimJ:

"Hast recht, lange Pet«r, " anavered Dnn
" wenn die Schnrken so gat exerciretiwie schtkl
ten, BO wJren wir heute nicht hier I "

"R«cht! recbtl" said the second; "das
macht den gnten Soldaten."

What more criticisms on the shortcomings '
fortanate ToluDteers might have passed I did n
hear, being interrupted by a aonnd on the ata
Travers was standing on the landing-place ; I
the stairs to meet her. Among the many pi
those fatal days engraven on my memory, I
none more, clearly than the mournful aspect ol
friend, widowed and childless within a few
as she stood there in her white dress, coming fi
ghost from the chamber of th^ dead, the candl
lighting np her face, and contrasting its pallo:
dark hair that fell disordered roand it, its beaa
even throagh features worn with fatigue an
She was calm and even tearless, tbongh the
lip told of the effort to restrain the emotioi
" Dear friend," she said, taking my hand, " I w
to seek you; forgive my selfiahneaa in neglecti
long ; but you will understand " — glancing a1
above — " how occupied I have been." " ^

began, "is" " my boy?" she answered, an

my question. " I have laid him by hia father,
your wounds must be cared for; how pale and
look I — rest here a moment," — and, descendii
diniug-room, she returned with some wine, wMc
fully drank, and then, making me sit down o
step of the stairs, she brought water and liner
ting off the sleeve of my coat, bathed and b ji
wounds. Twas I who felt selfish for thus add
troubles ; but in truth I was too weak to have
left, and stood in need of the help which she

BIOMUCSNCBe OP i. TOLI

ad the dreBsing of my v
elief. While thus tendiii]
itenceB how matters stoo
the little parlor into whi
rried me, was full of bo!
iway to work at repairin]
1 off from fright ; bat th<
and had served up anpj
soldiers' use ; she did m
d they were rough and I
lid now go, she said, whi
ook after my own home,
herself, she wished oul]
»ing there — pointing to t
f her haaband and child-
Bted. I felt that her a<
DO nse as protection, am
mow what had become
■eaides, some arrangemen
I therefore limped awa
esB thanks on either side
be reached by any onf

he house there was a g
stle ; many carta going a
md Snrrey, evidently im]:
and although no gas wai
gston was well lighted 1
ling at abort intervals in
e dnty, some of them th
. Almost the first of th
an old gentleman whose
h, from having frequent
same train with him. H
tent ofGce, I believe, and

THB BATTLB OF DO&E]
h a nrim fiifle and 8 Ic

loDble neck
Even in I

being amt
iv preseute
^ penance fl
ap the path

now prcBen
dth two En
■ehind their
«, and I Bte
was the ma
; on, to la;
; Spitzbnbe
ick me dowi
boot," he Wi
uld have b
in officer w
.mann," I c
[>Une, to let
The office
ted the guai
'e of other li

' coaree ntt«
ad did not i
irefore intei
t behind wh
ming oat o:
the enemy,
ught tfaey w
IB a wonder
apt^n hear
1 gc, and th
B a fine sol

[SCBNCB8 or A TOtPKTKBB. flS

eed the insDlence of hia maimer, which
16 greater becauae it seemed not inten-
e from a Bense of immeasurable supo

the lame fi-tiviiUiger pleading for hia
16 captain of the conqnering army,

view, an infinite gul£ Had the two
leir fate oonld not have been decided
laly. They were let go simply because
rth keeping as prisoners, and perhaps
thing withoat cause went agunst the
le of justice. But why speak of this
r? Had not every man who lived then
humiliation and degradation ? For it
y everywhere. After the first stand in
■X they had got us on the march, the
us. Our handful of regular troo|>8 was
to a man in a vain conflict with num-
ers and militia, with officers who did
rk, without ammunition or equipment,
tend, starving in the midst of plenty,
ne a helpless mob, fighting desperately
t with whom, as a manceuvering army,
tdersdidjustwhat they pleased. Happy

whitened the fields of Surrey ; they at
:;he disgrace we lived to endure. Even
rer known what it is to live otherwise
, even your cheeks bum when we talk
link, then, what those endured, who,
her, had been citizens of the proudest
'hich had never known disgrace or de-
>ast it used to be ihat they bore a fiag
lever set ! We had heard of generos-
ind none ; the war was made by us, it
nuat take the consequences. London
lal captured, we were at the mercy of

TBB BATTLB OP DORKING:

, and right lieavily did they 1
d I tell you the rest ? — of the ra
the taxea raised to cover it. n
this day? — the brutal frankn
muBt give place to a new nava
>rmleas for revenge? — the victc
B quarters, the yoke they put on
g that their requisitionB had a i
legality ? Better have been re
i soldiery themselves, than thro
made the instmmentB for estu
rough the degradation we dailj
I hardly even now iiiiih ill Mill
ft to ua to live for? Stripped of
flie West Indies gone tq Americ
[>arate ; India lost for ever aftei
1 been destroyed, vainly trying
n cut off from aid by their count
[alta ceded to the new naval Fo
, and in perpetual anarchy ant
c at my country as it is now — iti
silent, its harbors empty, a pre
my — when I see all this, and
n was in my youth, I ask myse
a heart or any sense of patrii
witnessed such degradation and
!e was different. There, too, tht
tribulation under the yoke of th
s hardly more andden or violen
Id not take away their rich soil ;
lose; their broad lands, which
lined to them ; and they rose a^
our people conld not be got to
■osperity was — that it all reat^f
lancial credit; that the course c

60

THK BATTLB OF DOBKIHG.

iflta or as aristocrats who sought their own aggrandize*
meat by wasting public money on bloated armaments.
The rich were idle and luxurious; the poor grudged the
cost of defence. Politics had become a mere bidding for
Radical votes, and those who should have led the nation,
stooped rather to pander to the selfishness of the day,
and humored the popular cry which denounced those
who would secure the defence of the nation by enforced
arming of its manhood, as interfering with the liberties
of the people. ' Truly the nation was ripe for a fall ; but
when I reflect how a little firmness and self-denial, or
political courage and foresight, might have averted the
disaster^ I feel that the judgment must have really been
deserved. A nation too selfish to defend its liberty,
could not have been fit to retain it. To you, my grand-
children« who are now going to s^ek a new home in a
more prosperous land, let not this bitter lesson be lost
upon you in the country of your adoption. For me, I
am too old to begin life again in a strange country ; and
hard and evil as have been my days, it is not much to
await in solitude the time which cannot now be far off,
when my old bones will be laid to rest in the soil I have
loved so well, and whose happiness and honor I have so
long survived.

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