The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-13
THE LIGHT BRIGADE.
Another Graphic Description OF the
Charge Mt Balaklava.

AhL AlUHA DhlUAUEs
Another Graphic Description Of the
Charge mt Balaklava.
A survivor of the celebrated ride into the
Jaws Of death gives In the Boston Commercial
Bulletin the following graphic picture OF the
charge:
Lord Cardigan's eye glanced us over; then
squirting his horse forward few PAGES, he
said:
"My men, we have received orders to silence
my GLdr my brother calculated. Then
grasping my hand, he said
Erred my dear fellow, good-by,; we don't
know what may happen. God bless you;
What more he might have said was lost in
Lord Cardigan's ringing shout OF,
"Chargep'
INTO THE JAWS OF DEATH.
We went In at trot; the trot changed to a
eanter, and the canter to a gallop. Through
the lines | could see Lord Cardigan several
he was on parade. Now, to tell the plain
truth when we had ridden a short distance,
say 100 PAGES, / felt terribly afraid; The truth
flashed upon me In moment that we were
riding into a position that would expose US 70
fire On both TANKS, as well as the fire from
the battery In front OF us. which we had been
instructed to silence. 1 said to myself, "This
Is ride to deathl'' but said 1t loud enough
for my brother to hear, and he answered and
said:
"There goes the firstr'
The first was Lord Lucan's aid-de-camp,
Capt. Nolan, whO after making slight de-
tour, was crossing. our left to join us ID the
charge A cannon ball had just cut him In
two as my brother spoke.
My heart leaped into my mouth and al
most shrieked with fear, but restrained my
self, and setting my teeth hard rode on A
moment later the rifle bullets from the sharp
shooters on the hillside began to whistle
about my ears. Saddles were emptied at
every step. Then came the whistling shot
and the shreking shell and tore through our
squadrons, managing men and horses, plOW-
Ing bloody burrows through and through our
| ranks. Then my fear left me. My whole
and believe the same spirit animated every
man in the ranks. Their eyes flashed and
they ground their teeth and pressed closer to-
gether. The very horses caught the mad
spirit and plunged forward as If impatient to
lead US to our revenge and theirs. At this
time there was not much to be seen. heavy
dense smoke hung over the valley, but the
flaming mouths OF the guns revealed them
selves to our eyes at every moment as they
belched forth their murderous contents OF
shot and shell.
Now shot tore through OUR ranks cutting
q red line from flank to flank, then shell
plowed an oblique and bloody furrow from
our right front to our left rear; anon rico
pHptG1DR SnGu rose over OuG HUN IHUhS, lbll
into our centre and hewed it's way to the rear,
making terrible havoc ia its passage. Oh
that was ride! Horses ran riderlesS, and
men bareheaded and splashed with the blood
of their comrades pressed closer and closer
and ground their teeth harder, and mentally
swOre a deadlier revenge as their numbers
grew smaller
INTO THE GATES OF HE'LL
| Alone and In front rode Cardigan, still keep
| ing the same distance ahead. His charger
| was headed for the centre OF the battery
Silently we followed him. Up to thisrtime
neither my brother nor myself had received
the slightest scratch, although we were now
riding side by side with comrades who at the
start were separated from us by several files
We reached the battery at last. Up to this
time we had ridden in silence, but what vel
from us as We WsR vngedd II f
for them If they had killed Us all before We
reached them. They had done too little and
too much. They had set us on fire with pas
sion. Only blood could quench our thirst fol
like whirlwind, sabring the gunners on oul
passage. | don't believe one OF them lived te
tell the tale Of that ride. Out OF the battery
and into the brigade-an army 1t was-o
cavalry. Our charge was resistless.
The Russians fell before our sabres as corr
falls before the reaper. They seemed to have
no power of resistance. And there was NJ
lack of material to work upon. They closet
| in upon us and surrounded us on every side
but we hewed our way through them as mef
hew their way through virgin forest ant
only stopped when we reached the bank OF thu
Tchernaya river.
BLOODY "REMINISCENCES.
Wheeling here we proceeded to cut our wa,
back again. On the return ride was assailet
by a gigantic Russian trooper, who made
strike at me with his sabre. l PARTIAL.
guarded it, but not wholly, and the next mo
| al cttu main in napk
passed In moment, however, and was abou
to make short work of the trooper, when
heard my brother cry:
"Ah! you would, would you ?" and tn
Russian fell cleft to the chin.
We cut our way through and once more en-
tered the fatal valley. When half way bac
to orr starting point a cannon shot struck m,
brother and beheaded him. "Tom, all thanl
you"
4 When we formed up on arriving at on
starting point Lord Cardigan, with the tear
streaming from his eyes, said:
'It was not my fault, my men,"
And the men replied with one voice,
UNDIsMAYED:
"We are ready to go in again, my lord,
you will lead us"
Just then 1 became dizzy. My scalp ha
!, been lifted by the stroke of the Russians SO
bre, the skin of my cheek cleft across to m
upper lip, and | tainted from loss of blood.
When my time expired In the cavalry / II
enlisted In this regiment. am always prou
to hear myself called one of the six hundred
but-poor Jack! fill that glass again, Tom.
Thus ended the sergeants story Of the ff
!. nous charge.
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