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326 INDEX. 221-movement on the part of the enemy which shows the exact adapta- tion of Lord Raglan's written orders to the exigency of the hour, 222— awakening of the Russians to the opportunity which our Light Brigade was offering them, 227-powerful fire upon the advancing brigade from both flanks, 228-officers acting with the two regiments of the first line, 229- continued advance of the brigade, 230-the pace, ib.-Lord Cardigan's rigid way of leading the brigade, 231 -increasing difficulty of restraining the pace in the first line, 232-state of the first line, ib.-casualties in Lord Carligan's personal staff, ib.-con- tinued advance of Lord Cardigan and his first line, 233—the advance of the three regiments acting in support, 237 -officers present with the regiments, ib.—the order in which the supports advanced, 235-the near approach of our first line to the battery, 248- Lord Cardigan's charge into the bat- tery at the head of his first line, 249- portion of the first line led by Captain Morris, which outflanked the bat- tery, and was immediately confront- ed by Russian cavalry, 251-Morris's charge, 252-Morris wounded and taken prisoner, 251-other incidents in this part of the field, 256-con- tinned advance by Lord Cardigan in person, 257-his isolation, 258-his advance towards a large body of Russian cavalry, ib.-endeavour to take him prisoner, 259-the move- inent in retreat, by which he disen- gaged himself from his Cossack assail- ants, 260-the devotion with which Lord Cardigan had led his brigade, 261-Lord Cardigan's return through the battery, 262-his predicament, ib his retreat, 263-the lancers who had charged under Morris, 267-the groups of combatants constituting the main remnants of the first line, 268 Mayow's assumption of com- mand then, 269-his charge, 270-his advance in pursuit, ib.-operations of the forces actively supporting the first line, 271- the feelings with which the French saw our light cavalry advance down the North Valley, ib. the Chasseurs d'Afrique, 272 General Morris, 273—his deter- mination, 274-D'Allonville's attack, ib.-moderate extent of the losses sustained by D'Allonville in propor- tion to the service rendered, 276-the brilliancy of this achievement of the Chasseurs d'Afrique, 277-the 11th Hussars, ib. the 4th Light Dragoons, 279-their entrance into the battery, 280—the combat which followed then, ib.-further advance of Lord George Paget, 282-the 8th Hussars, 283- state of the battle at this period, 284 - the retreat of the Russian cavalry, 287 the need there was of fresh troops in order to clench the victory, 288.

Lord Lucan, 259-the question now forced upon his attention, 291-his decision, 292--the Greys and the Royals ordered to fall back, ib.- severity of the fire which had been sustained by these regiments, ib.- Lord Lucan's conclusion as to the use to be made of the Heavy Dra- goons, 293-1ke brigade kept halted accordingly, ib.-General Scarlett and Colonel Beatson, ib.-the Light Brigade disappearing in the smoke at the foot of the valley, 294-the full import of Lord Lucan's decision, ib. the Heavy Dragoons at the time when the Light Brigade was out of sight at the foot of the valley, 295. The Light Brigade, 296-Colonel Mayow and his fifteen lancers, ib.— their junction with the 8th Ilus- sars, ib.-Liprandi's battalions on the Causeway Heights, 297-three squad- rons of Jeropkine's Lancers seen forming in rear of the 8th Hussars, ib. Colonel Shewell, the senior officer, in this emergeney, 298-his charge, ib.-defeat and flight of the Russian lancers, 301-Shewell's re- treat, ib.-the 11th Hussars and the 4th Light Dragoons, 304-their re- treat, 305-approach of the Russian cavalry in pursuit, ib.—Lord George Paget's appeal to his regiment, ib.— its effect, 306-discovery of a body of Russian cavalry drawn up across the line of retreat, 307-nieans for meet- ing the emergency, ib.-position of the interposed force, 310-its forma- tion and apparent strength, 311—its sudden change of front, ib.-advance and sudden halt of the column, 312 -the nature of the collision which then occurred, 313-continued course of the two retreating regiments, 316 -Lord George Paget's inquiry as to the fate of the first line, 320-the es- cape of Sir George Wombwell, ib.- the escape of Captain Morris, 321- Morris and Nolan, 323-the remnants of the brigade at this time, 325-Lord Cardigan's address to the men, ib. The first muster of the Light Brigade after the charge, 325-the killing of the disabled horses, 326- the losses suffered by the brigade, ib. -the supposed fate of Captain Lock- wood, 328 the small number of prisoners taken by the Russians, 329 -the small amount of loss sustained