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410 APPENDIX. to be seen in any direction 1 As to my having retired, as it is asserted, under the Fedioukine Heights, the evidence of the non-commissioned officers in the printed pamphlet completely contradicts such an assertion. The question is, Whether some officer of the 11th Hussars, wounded, was not seen by the men of the 4th Light Dragoons retir- ing in the rear of that regiment under the Fedioukine Heights 1 References appended by Lord Cardigan to the above State- ment, and by him headed ' Evidence in Proof.' 1. General Scarlett's evidence, from page 272 to 274 of printed Appendix. 2. Lieutenant Johnston* of 13th Light Dragoons, from page 267 to page 272. 3. Extract from Colonel Jenyn's evidence : ' I, with one ' or two others, tried to rally the few men whom I saw left ' mounted, but it was utterly impossible to do so, and we ' returned in broken detachments through the guns, which ' were then deserted.' 4. Extract from my own evidence : ' No general officer ' could have been of any use. The feeble remains of ' the lines of the brigade could have done nothing more ' under a general officer than they did under their own ' officers.' 5. Evidence of William Gray, trumpet-major of the 8th Hussars : ' The Earl of Cardigan led the charge against the ' Russian battery at the head of the first line of the brigade. ' The 8th Hussars and the 4th Light Dragoons formed the ' rear line of the brigade ; but very early in the charge the

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references made by Lord Cardigan are to a volume, entitled ' Complete ■ Report of the Proceedings in the Queen's Bench, &c.,' published in 1863 by Mitchell, Bond Street.