The Russian General seeing the allied infantry marching down from Sebastopol knew then he could not take Balaclava, so he began to remove the guns he had captured from the Turks, out of the redoubts. Lord Raglan and the French Commander-in-chief came to the conclusion to bring on a general engagement, and try to take back the guns that the Turks had lost, and also regain the redoubts and key to Balaclava Harbour—our good military road we had lost which was the cause of the suffering of the British Army in the winter of 1854. Lord Raglan ordered the cavalry division to attack the Russians to prevent them from carrying off the guns. Lord Lucan did not understand the movements of armies or orders. Order after order was sent to him, and, during the delay the Russians were making additional alterations in their Army. The third order was for “the cavalry to advance and take advantage of any opportunity to recover the Heights, and they would be supported by infantry which had been ordered to advance on two fronts.” Lord Raglan ordered the Duke of Cambridge to advance his division of Infantry and Artillery down the South Valley, which he did some distance in line of battle. Sir George Cathcart was ordered to advance his division of Infantry and Artillery down the North Valley. Every soldier in the Cavalry Division knew what heights we had lost. The whole Cavalry Division saw the Russians take the heights, and redoubts, with guns in them. After Lucan received the third order, he must have read it backward, for he thought he was to support the Infantry, and prepared the cavalry for it without seeing the Infantry or knowing where they were, which he states, and never made any attempt to advance. Lord Raglan then selected Captain Nolan to take the fourth and last order, but during all this delay of 40 minutes, the Russians, seeing the allied Infantry taking possession of both valleys, concentrated their Army and removed the captured guns which Lord Raglan wanted to prevent them from doing. Not one of the four orders suggested that the cavalry should charge. Lord Raglan knew it would be annihilation for them to do so with the Russian Army in such a strong and commanding position. At the end of the North Valley the Russians put in position their best Artillery, supported by five or six thousand Cavalry, their Infantry also being in position on all the commanding hills. The three redoubts they captured were full of Infantry and Artillery, with riflemen on the commanding positions near the redoubts on our right. On our left they had six guns placed in position supported by Infantry and riflemen armed with needle guns. CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE.