Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-12-02
TENNYS0N,S POEM D|MMED GLORY
OF THE HEAVY BR|GADES CHARGE
In the Battle of BaIaklava the Successful Charge of the Heavy
BRIGADE Has Been 0vershadowed BY the Light Bril-
gade's Ride to Death.
From the Kansas City Star

VIC liRS ~ hNS
Lost, one and all" We're the words NUT
tered in our disnay;
But they rode like %victors and 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 and slew,
Down with the bride hand drew
The foe from the saddle and threw
tnderfoot there in the fray
Ranged like d storm. or stood like a rock
In the wave of a stormy day;
Till suddenly shock upon shock
Staggered the mass from without.
Drove it in Wild disarray.
For our men galloped up with the cheer
and a shout,
And the foemen sursed, and wavered. and
reeled
Up the hill. up the hill. up the hill' and
out of the field.
And over the brow and away.
Glory to each and all, and the charge that
they made!
Glory TO all the 800. and all the Brigade.
Last Stanza of Tennyson's The Charge
of the Heavy Brigade"
Tennyson's stirring poem immortal
izing the charge OF the British light
cavalry at the battle of Balaklava has
caused another heroic incident of that
fight to remain almost unknown-the
charge of the Heavy Brigade.
Lady Buffers painting. scotland
Forever!!" is all that has kept the
memory of the heavy horsemen alive.
Tennyson described the charge in
verse. but it fell so far short of the ex-
cellence of THE Charge of the Light
Brigade" that only the bookworm
knows The Charge OF the Heavy
Brigade"
EARLY in the fighting of October %.
1854. the Turkish infantry was driven
from a line of redoubts. Lord Raglan.
the British commander. sent word to
B~rigadier General Scarlet, command
ing the heavy cavalry, to move eight
s%quadrons to support.
General Scarlet took WI s%quadrons
from each of four regiments-Scots
Gfeys, IInnisKillen Dragons, Fifth
Dragon guards and Fourth Dragon
guards-and started across the valley.
The nature of the terrain forced the
column to divide Immediately. Cen
eral Scarlet. with the Scots Crews and
Second squadron of the Enniskillens
took a road to the left. nearest the
Russian position. The other Ennis
killen squadron and the Fifth Dra-
goons were on a parallel road a half
mile or so away. The Fourth ORA
goons Royals) We're Ate in starting
and We're designated as rear guard.
Scarlett and his three squadrons
were hardly out of camp when q sharp
eyed trooper reported lances on the
crest of q ridge. a few hundred yards
to the colemn's left flank. That Rus
oldu SsLNdlTy cOuIu penetrate so close
TO the English camps without discov-
cry did not seem possible to General
Scarlet. but in a ONE any doubt
was removed. A troop of Cossack
lancers galloped into sight. halted, and
a moment later a veritable wave of
them appeared.
The Scotch and Irish cavalrymen
trotted unconcernedly in front of the
rapidly appearing Russians. Until more
n 10 times their number had APP
peared. The three s%quadrons had a
strength of 300 men. The Russian ac-
counts OF the fight say their force was
$500 strong.
The Russian force prepared for bat
tie Immediately. 1t spread out like a
PAL OF shears and began to trot down
the slope. General Scarlet did not
hesitate. He dispatched an aid to ac-
quaint his other squadrons of the diff
ficulty. and wheeled his three squad
rons into line for q charge.
Are you right in front 2" he called.
Yes, sir!