72 THE BATTLE OF BALACLAVA. chap ordered to rejoin the other brigade oi' the 1st Divi- i siou close under the steeps of the Chersonese. Lord Raj. As a means of covering Balaclava, the position lan's dis- poaiti f taken up by Lord Lucan near the gorge of Kadi- our cavalry. ,...,,. koi is believed to have been very well chosen ; but the Commander-in-Chief, at this time, was indulg- ing the expectation of something like a battle to be fought with all arms ; and he apparently de- sired that his cavalry should not be entangled in combat until the arrival of the two divisions of foot then already despatched should give Lord Lucan an opportunity of acting in co-operation with our infantry forces. He accordingly sent down an order which compelled Lord Lucan, though not without reluctance, nor even, indeed, without anger, to withdraw his horsemen to ground on the left of the Eedoubt Number Six at the foot of the Chersonese upland.* General When this retrograde movement of our cavalry tendency of the French had been completed, the whole of the forces of all and English f ' dispositions, arms with which Canrobert and Lord Raglan pro- posed to engage Liprandi might be regarded as approaching to a state of concentration near the westernmost limits of the plain. The ground, however, upon which the Allies were thus gather- ing lay at distances of not less than a mile from the gorge of Kadikbi ; and it not only resulted, from the last disposition of the cavalry, that the
- Captain Wetherall was the bearer of the order, which ran
thus : ' Cavalry to take ground to the left of second line of re- ' doubts occupied by Turks ;' and the Captain, at Lord Lucan 's request, waited to see the order executed in the way which he judged to be accordant with Lord Raglan's meaning.
