Through a line twice their length, and ten deep for their one, They have passed like a blast; but their work is not done: Fresh squadrons close round them--'tis one man to three, Out-flanked and out-numbered, what rescue may be? Hurrah! the Dragoons and the Royals so true, They'll finish what work you have left them to do: Soon they clear all the rear with the swathes of their blades, And that shout tells the rout of the Russian Brigade!" THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. But we now come to where someone had blundered. The light cavalry had stood and witnessed the heroic deeds of their comrades, the heavies. Had we had an Uxbridge, a Cotton, or a Le Marchant at the head of our cavalry, not many of the enemy's heavy column, which had just received such a mauling from the heavy brigade, would have rejoined their comrades. The light cavalry would have been let go at the right time and place, and the enemy would have paid a much heavier price for a peep at Balaclava. The noble Six Hundred had not to wait much longer. They were all on the look-out for something. It comes at last. A most dashing soldier, the late Captain Nolan, rode at full speed from Lord Raglan with a written order to the commander of our cavalry, the late Lord Lucan. The order ran thus:-- "Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance to the front, and try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns. Troop of horse artillery may accompany. French cavalry is on your left. Immediate. (Signed) "R. AIREY." Anyone without a military eye will be able to see at a glance that it was _our guns_ (from which the Turks had run away), our commander wished the cavalry to re-take from the enemy. It could have been done without much loss, as Gen. Sir G. Cathcart was close at hand with his division. The honest facts are these: The intrepid Nolan delivered the order to Lord Lucan for the cavalry to attack "immediately." Mind this was not the first order our commander had sent to the commander of our cavalry. The former order ran thus: "Cavalry to advance and take advantage of any opportunity to recover the heights; they will be supported by the infantry, which have been ordered to advance on two fronts."