Excerpt from The Past Campaign, Vol. 2 of 2: A Sketch of the War in the East, From the Departure of Lord Raglan to the Capture of Sevastopol Sortie. - Lancaster Guns used up. - Appearance of the Enemy at Balaklava. - Our weak Position there. - Inkermann Battery erected. - English Skirmishes. - The English Shells of 1804. Threatening Movements of Liprandi. Battle of Bala klava. The Advance of the Enemy. Capture of one Turkish Redoubt. Maude's and Barker's Batteries. Capture of Second and Third Redoubts. Their Garrisons sabred. Critical Position of English. Timidity of Li prandi. - Transports ordered to quit the Harbour. - The 93rd and Russian Cavalry. Cowardice of the Turks. Heavy Cavalry Charge. Russians fall back. Mistaken Order to retire Guns on the right fortunately prevented. Arrival of Supports. -first Order of Lord Raglan. Not obeyed. Second Order for Charge of Light Cavalry. Misconception of Lord Raglan. Captain Nolan. His Observations and Death. Charge of Light Cavalry. The leading Officers. Fright Loss of the Brigade. Charge of Chasseurs d'afrique. Loss of the Allies. Remarks on the Battle. - The Cavalry Charge. Who was to blame. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.