The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-12-09

Dragon Guards rushed at the remnants of
the first line of the enemy, went through il
as though il were made of pasteboards, and
dashing on the second body Of Russians as
they were still disoriered by the terrible as
sault OF the Grays and their companions,
put them TO utter route The Russian horse,
IN less than five minutes after IT met our
Dragons was flying with all its speed before
a force certainly not half its strength, A
cheer burst from every lip-in the enthusi-
asin officers and men took oil their caps and
.houted with delight, and thus keeping up
the scenic character of their position, they
clapped their hands again and again.
The most notable, because most tragical,
incident of the fight was thc'terriiic dcstruc-
ton of English cavalry IN q mad-cap charge
over a level and open plain upon Russian
battery of thirty guns, 1t seems that the
attempt to carry the battery was the result
Of mistIkc, or, at least, OF mise onccption
of orders arising from the esprit du corps
that induced the cavalry TO attempt some
brilliant exploit to retrieve the secondary part
they played at the battle of Alma. Capt
Golan, ad-de-camp to ord Raglan, convey
ed the order to make the charge to Lord Lu-
can. The latter doubted if hc understood it,
1AdlA'iN ''ilNNl lliE hl isliEiAn4l 'Nil'I hi
so rashly expose his men to almost inevita.
bic destruction, but an impatient remark
from Captain Nolan induced him reluctantly
to order Lord Cardigan who was IN mmedi.
ate command Of the cavalry TO advance up.
on the guns. We again quote from the cor
respondent Of the Times:
The noble earl, though he did not shrink,
also saw the fearful odds against him. Don
Quivoic in his tit against the windmills,
was not ncarso rash and reckless as the gal
liant fellows who prepared without thought
to rush on almost certain death
It maxim If war that cavalry never
act ilhGut a support, that infantry should
be close at hand when cavalry carry guns as
the effect is only Instantaneous, aud that il
is necessarily to have on the flank Of a line OF
cavalry some squadron, in column, the AT
tack on the flank Lyin. most dangerous. -
The only support our light cavalry had was
the reserve Of heavy cavalry at a great dis
taEcc behind them, the infantry and guns
beng far in the rear. There were no squad
Ton- in the column at all, and there was a
mile and half in length. Atll 10 our
Light Cavalry Brigade rushed to the front.
The whole brigade scarcely made one ef.
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which th, Russians had laid with ,hc most
deadly accuracy with halo of flashing steel
aborc their heads and with a chcrr which
was many , noble fellows death cry th.y
flew into the smoke Of the batteries Int ere
they were lost from view the Main wa.
strcwcd with their boIics and with IN. car
ras,., of horses Th,y w,r, cxnoscd IN an
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