18 THE FLANK MAKCIF. CHAi*. which the load goes steep down into the plain '. — beyond, Lord Eaglan stopped the pursuit. viisntiom In the result, there Avere taken a i'cw i>nsonerR, ami litinty , . ^ ' li.kun. ■ including an otFicer of artillery, and numbers of ammunition-waggons. ]]ut beside these captures, there was found in the baggage-train of the Wei- mar hussars so great a quantity of things worth the trouble of carrying, that almost every soldier coming up at this time was made happy with some piece of booty. The baggage of the Eussian hussar ]'Ogiment included the possessions of the officers, and thence it was that our soldiers got trophies of a kind which would serve for memorials and for presents. AVithout some knowledge of the soldier, and the simplicity of his nature, it would be hard to understand the full measure of th.e animation and delight which the troops were able to derive from this little capture ol' booty. Lord Rag- When Lord Cardigan had returned from the t'oLoni " pursuit, he presented himself to the Commander- in-chief. Lord Ifaglan was still in anger at the thought of the disaster which might have been occasioned by the Mant of any cavalry force ad- vancing in front of his ai'my ; and after mention- ing the way in which the Headquarters Staff and Maude's artillery had been suffered to come, as it were, into contact with a hostile force, he said, ' The cavalry were out of their proper place.
- You took them much too low down.' It may
be believed that Lord Cardigan bore with much fortitude th.e Idame which he felt could be im- mcdiatelv transferred from his shoulders to those
