[6] The total casualties of the Allies at Balaclava was about six hundred. Of these the cavalry lost, killed or wounded, three hundred and ninety, of which two hundred and forty-seven were in the Light Brigade. The strength of the brigade when it started down the valley has been differently stated; but the following return, taken from various sources, is probably correct. Some men who had been unhorsed or wounded managed to get back to their regiments later on, and some who had been taken prisoners afterwards rejoined. This table shows only the number of men who answered to their names at the first roll-call after the charge: Went into the Charge. Came out. Losses. 4th Light Dragoons 118 39 79 8th Hussars 104 38 66 11th Hussars 110 25 85 13th Light Dragoons 130 61 69 17th Lancers 145 35 110 --- --- --- 607 198 409 Total loss of the brigade, 67 per cent. There were also, killed or wounded, five hundred and twenty horses. [7] In Russia the children of the nobility are often called by their parents’ titles. [8] Equal to about eightpence in English money, but going as far in Russia as two shillings and sixpence. [9] The losses of the English have been already given in note on pp. 207-8. The French lost in all about sixty-three thousand and eighty men. But the Russian loss in officers and men reached the huge total of over a quarter of a million! Inkermann alone cost them twelve thousand, while during the hottest part of the bombardment the Russians lost about seven hundred men daily. Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: throughly ill=> thoroughly ill {pg 126} absolutely surround=> absolutely surrounded {pg 228} north of Baktchi-Serai=> north of Baktschi-Serai {pg 356}