Perhaps our home readers may be amused with the following letters, descriptive of the last Volunteer sham fight.
[Fnoxt ovr Connesroxpus7 wyrt Gesenan Macueav's Any.)
Wemustered again on the Bund on Thursday afternoon, though in sadly diminished numbers, to repeat the trial of strength and skill which reflected so much glory on lleoncerned, inthe battle of Bubbling Well, just one short month ago. To the severity of that engagement must no doubt be attributed the fact that we fell nearly 20 per cent. short of our previous muster. Old wounds not yet healed, bellows not. yet mended, and perhaps even some nerves not yet restrung after the fearful osperionces of that bloody day, must explain the absence of 20 many gallant Riflemen, Nos. 1 and 2 Rifle Companies, commanded respectively by Lieut. Forbes and Captain Cann, and No Zand 3 guns of the Artillery, under the command of Lieut, Hayes, formed the force which was called onto dislodge the Enemy, from the annoying position they had taken up, in such close proximity to the Settlement.
Scouts had given information of their essence on the banke of the Sooclow Took, near the handsome villas erected there by Foreigners, in the peaceful days of yore, And, shortly after 3 p.m., we started
distinctive of the S. V.C., strengthened by desperate arzand with cousge implicit confidence in the genius of our Commander, 'To No. 2 Company was awarded the post of honor—the Artillery following it, and No. 1 bringing up the rear." Our line of march was up the Maloo, to Eames' bungey Jow, and thence along the Gross, Road "towards the banks of the Greek. The order of attack seemed to be that a sub di jon of No. 2 Company should be thrown out on either flank as skirmishers, No. 1 Company Protecting the guns, witch advanced, fung at intervals, straight on the centre of the Enemy's position. At tne junction of the Sinza road, No. 3 gun, supported by the leit subdivision of No; 1, made n. dash to the left, and opened a vigorous fro, while No. 1 gun'plied the Enemy with shell from
sion of the Rifles, in the meantime, was the ceporita, quarter. The right subdiviadvancing rapidly towards the main body, and soon encountered a, hot fra from Ni 3; supported by heavy discharges from No, 1'Guns which was planted on the extreme bank of the Creek, just beyond the well-known mansion which there overshadows it. After several valleys, however; which would have completely annihilated our ad-Versaries if we had of fired: high above their dark blue uniforms, the order was given to fix awards, a dash was made across the bridge, the word "Charge" rang on the ears of the entranced spectators; and my next recollection is that of jumping over prostrate member of No. 3; who had been Yeo demoralised even to. join, in the fight of his comrades, and pursuing the flying enemy, anid the loud hurrah of victory,
the Mi-ho-loong dashed up with frantic The sul, however was nol yet over; bravery to the rescue of their routed bre-throu. Without even waiting to fix swords, they hurled themselves on the points of our bayonets, with reckless self-sacrifice. Where then was our left subdivision, where the skirmishers of No. 2 Company, who should have closed in, and taken our assailants on either flank? Left to cure selves, we sustained a hand to hand conflict, with a tenacity savoring of Inkermann, Utterly ignoring the fact that I had bay-orletted him clean through the breast on hhis approach, one desperate Mil-ho-loong persisted in' seizing even your corres: pondent by the coat; and a second, regard Tess of a blow which cut off both his legs, attacked ie from the flank and rear. Homer alone could describe the
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.