The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan, Volume 4

W. Blackwood & Sons, 1868 - Crimean War, 1853-1856

CHAPTER I	1

CHAPTER II	9

They had really found comparative security by driving into	20

The alliance in jeopardy	38

Cannonade of the 19th October	47

Lord Cardigan	61

Desire of Cardigan to be secured from Lucans interference	68

General Scarlett	74

The Light Brigade at the time of Scarletts engagement	207

Kind of experience which tends to prevent men from putting sensi	212

VII	220

Preciousness of the opportunity	226

Two points in the enemys position available for attack	234

Lord Lucans determination	246

Lord Cardigan and his Staff	252

His fate	257

The Strength of the body of Russian Cavalry under	76

II	81

Failure to check the enemy by threatening movements	101

The work stormed	107

His dispositions for succouring Balaclava and for securing	111

III	115

The forces now threatening Balaclava	120

Plate	124

Its effect	125

March of the Heavy Dragoons towards Kadiköi	131

Ground taken to the right	135

Its wellexecuted manœuvre	141

The cause of the firing	143

He seeks to provide a force which might in some degree counteract	145

In general the practice does not exact such a task as Scarlett under	151

The Heavy Cavalry Charge	152

Scarlett in the column	155

Major Clarke	161

Demeanour of the Russian horsemen	172

The tendency of the three hundred to work their way counter	178

Lord Lucan	184

The melley formed in the part of the column attacked by the	193

The 4th Dragoon Guards	199

Distinguishing characteristics of Scarletts attack	205

Fire opened upon it from both flanks	264

The advance of the three regiments acting in support	272

The near approach of our first line to the battery	282

Morriss charge	286

His advance toward a large body of Russian cavalry	292

His retreat	298

His halt	304

Means of ascertaining the feeling of the English under the influence	308

Moderate extent of his losses in proportion to the service rendered	309

Farther advance of Lord George Paget	315

The need of fresh troops in order to clench the victory	320

The question now forced upon his attention	324

Colonel Shewell the senior officer in this emergency	330

The 11th Hussars and the 4th Light Dragoons	336

Position of the interposed force	342

The two retreating regiments after passing through the barrier	348

Morris and Nolan	354

The small number of prisoners taken by the Russians	360

Liprandis questions respecting the exploit of the Light Brigade	366

The determination of the Allies	373

XIII	379

SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER	385

The sworn testimony by which his assertion is encountered	391

Title	The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan, Volume 4 Volume 648 of Collection of British authors The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan, Alexander William Kinglake
Author	Alexander William Kinglake
Edition	4
Publisher	W. Blackwood & Sons, 1868
Original from	Austrian National Library
Digitized	28 Sep 2016

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