,x,s THE BATTUE OF r.ALACLAVA. CM A I'. I. which it reached, without bringing our Light Cavalry down on it.* Therefore no special direc- tions were thought to be needed for this little march — a march through our own camping-ground — and no more elaborate operation was intended than that of moving all the three regiments by the same route in open column of troops. It chanced, however, that in turning one of the en- closures which obstructed its path, the 1st squadron of the Inniskillings took the right-hand side of the obstacle, whilst the other squadron passed by the left of it ; and in this way it resulted that the movement v/ent on in two columns, the right-hand column being led by the first squadron of the Inniskillings, and closed by the 5th Dragoon Guards; whilst the left-hand column was led by the 2d squadron of the Inniskillings, and closed
- This sketch — which, however, is not offered as a plan in-
dicating the actual positions of the respective forces — may aid the comprehension of the text. No. . r , Redoubt
