THK BATTLE OF BALACLAVA. 327 as hia aides-de-camp, one, Captain Lockwood, was chap killed; another, Lieutenant Maxse, wounded; and ^ the third, Sir George Wombwell, as we before learned, had two horses shot under him. Tn the 4th Light Dragoons, Major Halkett and Lieutenant Sparke were killed, and Captain Brown and Captain Hutton were both wounded severely.* Tn the 8th Hussars, Lieutenant Lord Fitzgibbon was killed, and Lieutenant Clutterbuck, Lieuten- ant Seager, and Cornet Clowe's were wounded. Of the I en officers who went into action with the regiment, Colonel Shewell and Cornet Heneage were the only two of whom it could be said that both they and their chargers were unstricken. In the 11th Hussars, Captain Cook, Lieu- tenant Trevelyan, and Lieutenant Haughton were wounded. The wound of Haughton proved mortal. In the 13th Light Dragoons, Captain Oldham, its commander, and Captain Goad, and Cornet Montgomery were killed. Tn the 17th Lancers, Captain Morris, who com- manded the regiment, was, as we saw, grievously wounded; Captain Winter and Lieutenant Thomp- son were killed ; Captain Webb was mortally wounded ; Captain Robert White was wounded ! t is said that Captain Hutton was seen vigorously using his sword in the hattery at a time when he had his thigh broken.— End of Note to First Edition. 'On returning from ' the guns he was shot through the other thigh, and on reach - ' ing the English lines, from the desperate nature of his ' wounds, was lifted out of his saddle in a scarcely conscious 'state. His charger had eleven wounds.' Letter to mc from a near relative of Captain Hutton's. — Note to Second Edition.
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