The great war in England in 1897 . avalry and infantryturned off along the Trafford Eoad, blew up the bridge of theShip Canal in order to prevent a pursuing force of Britishcavalry from following, and after setting fire to the greatdock warehouses and crowd of idle ships, continued alongto Eccles New Eoad, where, however, they were met byanother force of our Hussars, and totally routed and cutup. From this point the tide of battle turned. It was alreadylialf-past five, and the sun was sinking when the Eussianforces prepared for their final onslaught. Cossacks andDragoons charged again and agai
The great war in England in 1897 . avalry and infantryturned off along the Trafford Eoad, blew up the bridge of theShip Canal in order to prevent a pursuing force of Britishcavalry from following, and after setting fire to the greatdock warehouses and crowd of idle ships, continued alongto Eccles New Eoad, where, however, they were met byanother force of our Hussars, and totally routed and cutup. From this point the tide of battle turned. It was alreadylialf-past five, and the sun was sinking when the Eussianforces prepared for their final onslaught. Cossacks andDragoons charged again and again, and infantry with bayonetsfixed rushed onward to the barricades in huge grey legions,only to be met by a sweeping rain of British bullets,which filled the roads with great heaps of dead. In thesedefences, rendered doubly strong by the patriotic actionof the stalwart civilians of Manchester, the invaders couldmake no breach, and before every one of them they fell inthousands. The men in the entrenchments saw the foe were falling. The Fate of the Vanquished 22 back, unci found tlie attack growing weaker. Then signalswere made, and tliey raised a long hearty cheer when thetruth was flashed to them. The news was inspiriting, and they fought on with redoubledenergy, for they knew that the great body of reserves fromAshton-under-Lyne, Ilyde, and Compstall, as well as thosewho had been occupying tlie hills on the edge of the Peak,had been pushed right past Stretford to IJarton, and werenow advancing like a huge fan, outflanking the Russians andattacking tliem in their rear. The British tactics were excellent, for while the invaderswere attacked by cavalry and infantry on the one side, thedefenders manning the barricades made a sudden sortie,cutting their way into tliem with bayonet rushes wliiclithey could not withstand, and wlnch had a terribly fatal effect. The Tsars forces, nnable to advance or retreat, and beins:thus completely surrounded, still fought on, and as theyrefused to
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