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was the nearest to us. and the Russians
were already driving off with it. Jarvis
shot one OF the horses and slashed away aJ
the gunners. 1t was in this way that we
got the gun, and this as the only gun
captured in that memorable engagement.
We did not get far away with tlfe cap
tured piece before the Cossa cks rallied and
came at US full tilt. They were armed
with lances about twelve feet long. We
managed 10 get through them, but u body
of them chased me into rs number Of Rus
san cavalry and after struggling through
! them, was viciously set upon by a Rus
sian officer. My lance had been shot away,
but with my sword | saved my skull. He
made drive at me which cut half way
through my sword and would have clesf
my skull but for the heavy dress cap whjcn
l wore. 1 cut him across the face.
Then the fighting became confused and
promiscuous. l could see a small body of
our troops driving brigade of Russians
before them. Half .a mile beyond the
guns the Russian Hussars came to halt,
turned and made at us.
BETWEEN FIRES.
"A regiment of lancers with flags flying
We're coming down the valley and thought
that they were French lancers about to re-
inforce us. but on closer approach their long
gray coats showed them To be Jopotkine
between two fires The Hussars were
coming from one direction and the Jopot-
+ kline LaDcers were rushing from another.
II rode back and rallied our troop, or
what was left of it, and we cut our way
through the Russian cavalry. After this
We passed body of infantry and they fired
into us. a number of our men went down
in this retreat. The guns which we had
passed had in the meantime been manned
and we had TO go through them second
time. This was not accomplished without
heavy loss. After passing we struck down
the valley, not following the track we had
used in coming up. Our regiment was the
last to come in and the skeletons of the
regiments which had gone down the valley
were on parade and Lord Cardigan had
concluded his famous speech.
''The ride up the valley occupied, ] should
say, about five minutes, and the time spent
in fighting behind the guns amounted 10
about twenty. Nolan had understood the
order, as was proved by Winters command,
'threes right 1t was very easy for Card
igan to lay the blame on him. knowing that
he was dead.
"The battle of Inkerman followed ten
days after. As Balaklava was within the
Russian lines, and as the Russians fell back
In the spring, / walked over the ground
where the fighting of the Light brigade had
been done. The Russians had not buried our
dead, but had merely thrown dirt over
them, and the rains and storms of winter
had washed a number of bodies out, and
many of these were gathered up and sent
back to England.
Tho Commemoration Society, of which
I am a member holds an annual banquet
At present, think, there are about seventy
survivors of the Light Brigade. There are
large number of survivors of the II 0,G00
general troops that were around Balak-
lava, but membership in the Balaklava
Commemoration Society is restricted to
those who rode in the charge of the Light
Brigade. The relics of the fight which lhaye
shall, at my death, be bequeathed to the
National Museum"
Capt. Morley came to the United States in
1862, and through the influence of Gen.
HavelOck inspector-generalofca ofcavalryforthe
District of Columbia, brother to Sir Henry
Havelock, was made drill instructor to the
Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry. For this
service he has never been paid. Soon after
the second Battle of Bull Run lie received a
commission as second lieutenant of the
regiment.
In an effort TO rally his regiment his horse
wa shot from under him, and he was made
prisoner, being transported soon after TO
Libbey Prison, where he remained six |
months before his exchange.
AGAIN oPTURED.
He was once more captured and lodged IN |
Libbey, where he shared the same bed with |
Gen. di Cesnola, who had been an Italian |
engineer IN the Crimean war. Gen. Ces- |
nola is row director OF the museum Of art |
at Central Park, n. Y. Morley was again |
and rejoined his regiment al |
Harper's Ferry. His comma nding officer |
ordered him with thirty men to capture fif- |
teen Confederate cavalry, supposed to be in |
the vicinity of Charlestown. Morley under |
took the task, but ran into 1000 cavalry |
and artillery.
There was red-hot running fight and |
before the Federal detachment got back to
Harper's Ferry twenty-one out of the thirty |
had been killed or captured. Morley es-
capped. Through the influence of Gen.
Congdon he was appointed second in COM
nand of the dismounted camp at Pleasant
Valley, and later was made second assist
ant inspector of cavalry for the Depart
nent of Western Virginia, under Mai.
Gordon. of the Second Dragons.
In January. 1865, he received his commits
sion as captain. and reioined his regiment,
-esIgning at the close of the war. He then
returned TO England and became regimental
sergeant major of the Ayershire Yoeman
During his residence in England he leased
Ind lived in the Robert Burns cottage. This
ease he still has. Ten years ago he re-
urned TO Washington and secured position
II the War Department. and was in the
ecord and pension division in the Ford'S
rheater building when the crash came.
In that accident he received injuries which
retirement to private life. Since
hen he has held no position, and his pension
S not princely one