The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-24
TRUE STORY OF THE HEROIC
 "CHARGE OF LIGHT BRIGADEi

It was fifty-eight years ego today that the British Lion and the Russian Bear faced each other at BaIaklava, and prepared for the death struggle that, on the morrow. was to be sig nalized by the immortal Charge o1 be the anniversary of that bloody day when "somebody blunderPd,'' and the Light Brigade charged the Russian batteries, while "Cannons to the right of them. oannons to the left of them, cannons in front of them, voueyed and thundered-ri The .fsomebody'' who affied as Capt Nolan, a daring and hot headed Irish officer, but his mem ory has just been vindfcated by the publication of a statement written by 1he circumstances surrounding and precediug the charge at BaIak1ava- The new version. which will find ac- ceptance with most historians, places the blame almost entirely on the shoulders of Lord ducan, and Nolan shows forth in his true light as an and who done It. Lord Cardigan's statement is as follows:
 The brigade was suddenly ordered. to mount, upon which sent one of. my aides de camp to rsconnoitre the ground. Lord Lucan then came in front of my brigade and said: Lord Cardigan, you will attack the Rus sians in the battery I said: Ger tainly, my lord, but allow me to point out to you that there is battery in front. battery on each flanl<,s ana sian rif1emen.' Lord Lucan answer ed: T cannot help that. It is Lord Raglan's positive order that the Light Brigade is to attack the enemy, up H6ssars back to the support of the Seventeenth Lancers- After advanc- within reach of my horses feet, and Capt Nolan, who was riding across the front, returned with his arm up. through the intervals of the brigade. without seeing anybody else in front of me. I had to restrain some of the officers. who got very much excited the heavy fire. led into the battery and through the Russian guns, Timber carriages and ammunition wagons in the rear; rode within twenty yards of the line Of Russian cavalry, was attacked by two Cossacks, slightly wounded by their lances and with diff ffculty got away from thern,i they try ing to surround me. On arriving at the battery, through which I had led, l found no part of the brigade I ScarIett- I said to him: What do you think. General, of -, after such an | order being brought to us which de- the Light Brigade, the officer | riding to the rear and screaming like | a woman 2' Sir John Scarlett replied: Do not say any more, for have
 
 was present at the conversation. i then rode to the place from which we | had turned off and found all my brigade there, and upon having them | counted found that there were 193 | men out of 670. I 'inmedi-i | ately rode to Lord Raglan to make 1 my report, who said in a very angry way: What do you mean, sir, by at | tacking a battery in front contrary to l all the usages of warfare and the cus- tom of the service?' Upon which I | said: My lord, I hope you will not | blame me, for I received my orders | to attack from my superior in front | had done as described above The charge of the Light Brigade only last | ed twenty minutes"
 capt Nolan was killed while at the ! front of the charge, but life reTnain ed In his body for a few minutes | 1is stiffened muscles holding him on 1is boiling horse, while he Screamed 0udly until he fell from the saddle | lead, in the valley of death."