The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-12-03
TENNYSONS POEM DIMMED GLORY
OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE'S CHARGE
In the Battle of BalakIava the Successful Charge of the Heavy
Brigade Has Been 0yershadoWed By the Light Bri-
uadeS Ride to Death.
From the Kansas City Star.
,st, one and ALL were the words nut

From the Kansas City Star.
Lost, one and all" were the words NUT
tered In our dismay;
But they rode like vtctors M LORDS,
Through the forest OF lances and swords
In the heart of the Russian hordes
They rode, or they stood at bay
Struck with the sword hand ana Slew
Down with the bride hand drew
Tn foe from the saddle and threw
Underfoot there in the fray
hanged like a storm, or stood ike a 'ocA
In the wave of a stormy day
TIL suddenly shock upon shock
staggered the mass from without,
Drove II in wild d~isarray,
For our men galloped up with the cheer
And the foemen surged. n wavered. and
reeled
Up the Hill, up he hill. up h hill, and
And over the brow and away.
Glory 70 zach and all. n the charge that
Glory to ali the 800. and all the Brigade!
Last Stanza OF Tennyson's THE Charge
OF the Heavy Brigade"
Tennyson's stirring poem immortal
fixing the charge OF the British light
cavalry at the battle Of Balaklava mas
caused another heroic incident OF n
night to remain almost unknown-tne
charge of the Heavy Brigade. =,
Lady Buffers painting, Scotland
Foreverl" is all that has kept the
emo of the heavy horsemen alive.
Tennyson described the charge In
verse. but II fell so far short OF the ex-
cellence OF THE Charge OF the Light
knows "The Charge Of the Heavy
Brigade"
Early IN the lighting OF October rs.
1854. the Turkish infantry was driven
from a line of redoubts. Lord Raglan.
the British commander. sent word to
Brigadier General Scarlet. commands.
tng the heavy cavalry, to move eight
gQuadrons to support.
General Scarlett took two squadrons
from each OF four regiments-Scots
Greys, Enniskillen Dragons, Fifth
Dragon guards and Fourth Dragon
guards-and started across the valley.
The nature OF h terrain forced the
column to divide Immediately. Gem
eral Scarlet. with the Scots Greys and
Second squadron Of the En~niskillens
took a road to the left, nearest the
Russian position. The other Ennis
killen squadron and the Fifth ORA
goons were on a parallel road a half
mile or SO away. The Fourth ORA
goons (Royals) were late in starting
and were designated as rear guard.
Scarlett n his three squadrons
were hardly out of camp when a sharp
eyed trooper reported lances on the
crest OF a ridge. a few hundred yards
to the eolemn'S left flank. That RuS-
sian cavalry could penetrate so close
to the English camps without discov-
cry dad not seem possible to General
Scarlet. but in a moment any doubt
was removed. A troop OF Cossack
iancers galloped into sight. halted. and
a moment later a veritable wav of
them appeared. y. @
The Scotch and Irish cavalrymen
trotted unconcernedly in front OF the
RAPIDLY appearing Russians. until more
than 10 times their number had APP
penred. The three squadrons had a
strength OF 800 men. The Russian ac-
counts of the fight say their force was
$500 strong.
The Russian force prepared for bat
tie Immediately. IL spread out like a
pair of shears and began to trot down
tho slope. General Scarlet did not
hesitate. He dispatched an aid to &C
quaint his other squadrons OF the dif-
ficulty, and wheeled his three squad
rons into line for a charge.
Are you right in front?" he called.
Yes, slri