Show iko ico inq aul concluded concludes 1 fro from in bagg 40 at tight cavalry brigade rushed rashed to the front i they numbered as follows as well as 1 I can ascertain MEN ath light dragoons us lis jtb irish ilas Iras sars lith prince alberts alberas lius Ilus hussars hussary sars ito llo light night dragoons lith lancers total fabres sabres the whole brigade scarcely mada made jon jod dui oui effective regiment according to the numbers or of continental armies and yet it was more mora than we could mold spare As they passed parsed towards the front the tho russians opened on them from the guus gnus la tn the redoubt on the right with voit voli yb i h of musketry and rifles thy tholy swept pro dv pot put glittering in iii the morning sun in all tae tue pride and splendor of war we could scarcely belatti tiei liel levi the thi evidence evl eyl denci of our senses surely sorely that handful of 0 men are not going v to charge an army in position aias alas it was but too trus their desperate valor knew no n bounds and ind far indeed was it remo ped from its so called better letter part discretion they advanced in two lines quickening their pace ap as they closed towards the enma eni m A more fearful spectacle acio aclo was never witnessed than bv by those who walo without power to aid beheld their demio hi rolo roio countrymen rushing rustling to the barms arm of death at the distance of v ards the chok liw ild of the enemy belched forth from thirty iron mouths mouth a flood of moka moke and alame name through which elsert tho the deadly balls their flight was marked bv by instant gaps lu in our ranks by di df ad mm mn and by steeds flying wounded or nd erless across the plain thi first line Is broken itts ills joined bv by th second they niver halt or check their speed an In instant SlAnt with diminished ranks thinned ti those thirty gims v which hah the ans had bad laid with the thu most deadly accuracy acci acet iray tray w with ith a halo haio of 0 flassing steel above their heads and with a cheer wh bluh h was many a nible nubit n ible ihle fellows fi death cr cn they flew into the smoke of the batteries bat tries but ere thiv were lost frain frina vl w the plain pain was wag shrewd i with their bodies and with thi carcases cr carr ases rase of horses tb they ly were exposed to an oblique fire from the th batteries on tin uis hills on both sides as ell eil as to a direct aare fire of musk ty t v y through the clouds ot it smoke we co could uld see their fabres sabres flashing as they rode up to the gunsard dashed dished them cutting down the gunners as they stood we saw gaw them riding through the guns as I 1 have said to our delight we saw them returning after alter breaking I 1 through a column of russian Infant infantry rv and scatter scattering ing lag them like chaff when the flank fire fare of the battery on the bill swept them down scattered and broken as hey they were wounded aen jen and dismounted anted troopers flying aln eln towards us told the tale taie demigod demi deml god could not have done what we had failed to do at the very moment tb ey were about to retreat an enormous massof mass ot lanars lancers was hurled buried on their flank colonel of thesta hussary hussars Ilus Hus sars saw the danger dangers and rode hib his few men straight at them cutting his way through with tearful fearful loss the other regiments turned and ind engaged in a desperate de en countr counti r IV I 1 th jtb courage too great almost for or cr cred ederica enca they were breaking their way through the columns which enveloped i I 1 hem them when their took tout place an act actie of atrocity without piral inbau ll tn in the modern warfare of civilized nations the huian gunner gunners sj when hen the storm of cavalry passed returned to their guns they saw their thel T ou onn n cavalry mingled with the troopers ray rap who had bad just ridden over them and to the eternal disgrace of the russian name namey the miscreants poured a murderous volley of grapa grape and canister on the mass of strugglIng men and horses friend and toe in ou one e common rilin I 1 it was waa as much as our heavy cavalry brigade could do to cover the retreat of the miserable remnants of that band of 0 heroes as they i returned to the thi place they had so lately quitted in all the pride of life at 1135 1133 not a british soldier except the dead and sy oy ing was left tn in front of those bloody muscovite guns our loss ai as tar far as a it 11 could be ascertained in killed wounded and mliss ingy at two ta to todi days di was as fol foi bows trent into returned action from loss strong action ath jtb 39 3 79 ath Ilus lius sars loi 33 co lith IIO lio 25 85 83 light dragoons ot 61 69 lath lancers 35 ilo llo totals P I 1 is not certain that all these ivere killed wounded or missing many may still come in and about eighty wound ed have already returned C apt nolan was killed by the first shot fired as he be rode in ili advance of cheering them on lord lucan was slightly wounded lord cardl cardi cardigan gan san an recel received ved ed a lance thrust through ug h Ps his clothes major Ital kett of the ath light dragoons was killed ened lord of the fth hussary hussars Hus sars was desperately wounded and has since I 1 f tiar dr died cornet yo lighton of th tb lith hussary hussars Hus sars Is d captains goad ad and oldham and cornet arv raj of the light dragoons are killed captain capaan vett white and lieutenant thomson of the loth Lancer lancers stare are KD ald id captain Qi charteris arteris sad foot alde aide de camp to lord I 1 ord lucan Is I killed captain morris who was in command of the lath lanere laners erb and whose reputation as a galiant gallant and good aw w erdsman Is known to the army id ba received several dreadful dri adful wounds and has been carried on board phlp thip the other wounded officers aret are captain maxse aide alde de C amp slightly captain hutton II ath light dragoons lieutenant Uru upu nant sparke sparkes ab light dragoons captain cooke hussars hussary lius Hus sars captain lockwood of the cavalry stass staff afia 3 is 0 mr ur wombwell of the I ah had a narrow arrow escape lie ile was dr egged off his hors horst by tur tuf cap and taken ly by some esst esai ax L A russian addressed mim rim and told him not neit to be afraid forthal he would be well taken care of thul igli 1912 e c s gens la were rather in their manners how hodve verd vert ve they were saved the troubie trouble f uart barling uarl ing zim lim tor lath charge he mad ids Jils esq t back to bisUn iris ss 1 0 f ft r 1 |