their strength." Lord Raglan had in the meantime moved down the First and Fourth Divisions to reinforce Balaclava, and, recognizing the military genius of the Brigade Commander, ordered the Duke of Cambridge to take his instructions from Sir Colin Campbell. The services of the infantry were not called into requisition, but, owing to some inconceivable blunder, never yet properly explained, the Light Brigade of cavalry, without any supports, were ordered to attack the Russian troops in the westernmost valley. Here there was a whole division of Russian cavalry, with a force of six battalions of infantry supporting thirty-six guns, and at this force the little cavalry brigade, just 636 strong, was let loose. "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre!" was the comment of a French General who witnessed the spectacle. The Earl of Cardigan was not wanting in personal courage, but he was totally inexperienced in war. He led his men straight at the guns, and escaped scathless himself, but he acted in defiance of all the canons of the art of war. The charge of the Light Brigade has been immortalized by Tennyson, but, alas! the men who participated in it were rewarded with the same decoration as the infantry soldiers who marched down from the camp to act as spectators of that gallant charge. The clasp "Balaclava" means nothing; the name on the colours is the battle honour. CASUALTIES AT THE BATTLE OF BALACLAVA. +-----------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Staff | 2 | 4 | - | - | |4th Drag. Gds. | - | - | 1 | 4 | |5th Drag. Gds. | - | 2 | 2 | 11 | |Roy. Dragoons | - | 4 | 2 | 7 | |R. Scots Greys | - | 4 | 2 | 53 | |Inniskilling Dragoons | - | - | 2 | 13 | |4th Hussars | 2 | 2 | 32 | 22 | |8th Hussars | 2 | 2 | 30 | 23 | |11th Hussars | - | 3 | 32 | 23 | |13th Hussars | 3 | - | 24 | 14 | |17th Lancers | 3 | 4 | 33 | 34 | |Sutherland Highlanders | - | - | - | - | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ INKERMAN, NOVEMBER 5, 1854. This battle honour is borne by the 4th Hussars. 8th Hussars. 11th Hussars. 13th Hussars. 17th Lancers. Grenadier Guards. Coldstream Guards. Scots Guards. Royal Scots. King's Own. Royal Fusiliers. Yorkshire. Lancashire Fusiliers. Royal Scots Fusiliers. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Gloucesters. East Lancashire. West Riding. Border. South Staffords. Welsh. Essex. Sherwood Foresters. North Lancashire. Royal Berkshires. West Kent. Middlesex. Manchesters. Durham Light Infantry. Connaught Rangers. Rifle Brigade.