The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30
''THE VALLEY OF DEATH. >,

L." AAAnitIoAC ue" volume on the Crl-
meaD war is graphic and minute descrip-
tion OF the charge of the 600 at Bslaklava.
he thus deeeribes the ride, and Cardigan's
appearance
'.Ihe pace for some time was firmly
governed. When horscmen, too valor.
GUS to be thinking of fight, are brought
into straits of this kind, their tendency
is to be galloping swiftly forward, each
r AN at the greatest pace he can exact
from bis own charger, thus destroying.
of course, the formation of the line ::
but Lord Cardlgan's love of strict uni
form order was propensity having all
the force Of a passion, and as long as it
seemed possible to exert authority by
voice or gesture, the leader of this SIN
gular onset was firm in repress,ng the
fault.
''Thus when Captain White of the
Seventeenth Lancers, (who command
ed the squadron Of direction), became
"anxious." as he frankly expressed it,
"to get out Of such a murderous fire.
and into guns, as being the least Of the
two evils" and endeavored, with that
view, to force the pace pressed forward
so much as to be almost alongside of
the chiefs bride arm, Lord Cardigan
checked this impatience by laying his
sword across tho Captains breast, and
telling him at the same time not to try
to force the pace, and not to be riding
before the leader of the brigade. 9th
erwise than for this, Lord Cardigan,
from the first to the last of the onset,
did not speak or make sign. Riding
straight and erect; he never once turn
ed in bis saddle with the object of get
ting i glance It the state of the SQUAD
rons which followed him and to his
rigid abstinence-giving proof, as such
abstinence did, Of nm unbending 70.
solve-it was apparently owing that
the brigade never fell into doubt con-
ce'nine its true path Of duty, never
wavered Gas the best squadrons will, if
their leader, for even an instant, ap-
pears to be uncertain Of purpose), and
was guiltless of even inclining to any
default except that Of failing to keep
down the pace.
y = = But although he rode
singly, and although, as We have seen,
he risidly abstained from any retrograde
glance, Lord Cardigan, Of course,
might infer from the tramp of the reg
imcuts close folowing, and from what
without turning in his saddle-he
could easily see Of their aanks, that the
momentum now gathered and gather
ing was too strong to be moderated BY
q commander, and rightly, perhaps,
avoiding the effort to govern it BY
voice or BY gesture, he either became
inpatient himself, and drew the troops
on more and moro by 6rst increasing
his own speed, or else yielded d-undel
neeesslty-to the impotence Of the
now shattered squadrons, and closely
adjusted his pace to the flow Of the
torrent behind him. Ia one way or il
the other right distance was alway,
maintained between the leadcr and hi!
6rst line. As before, when advancing
at : trot, 80 now, while finging them
selves impetuously deep into the jaw
Of an army, these two regiments Of th'
first limo still had in their front th,
same rigid hussar for their guide, stil
kept their eyes fastened on the crimson
) red overails, and the white near hint
flag of Tho cheenut, which showed then
1.-The straight, honest way--the "!
down 70 the mouths Of the gun" 81