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His head fell back, and he could not speak. I tried 

 to get him on to my horse, but could not. I then 

 mounted my horse, and saw Nolan lying quite dead. 

 I also saw a man of the 5th Dragoon Guards with 

 an awful wound across his face, his lower jaw being 

 almost cut off. He was sensible, and I asked him 

 what regiment he belonged to. He pointed to his 

 button, and I saw ' 5 ' on it. I rode back to the 

 redoubts, which had been again occupied by the 

 Turks, and made signs, as I could not speak Turkish, 

 and induced eight of them to come. I put four of 

 them to carry Nolan's body, and four to carry Morris. 

 The Russians having again opened fire, the Turks 

 threw them down and ran away. I then met a man on 

 horseback whom I took to be a middy, or some one 

 from Balaklava, and said, ' Do you know where the 

 Light Cavalry camp is .'^ ' He said, 'Yes, I know 

 well.' ' Gallop as fast as you can, and say the com- 

 manding officer of the 17th Lancers is lying badly 

 wounded.' After some time, two men bearing a 

 stretcher, and a doctor appeared, and removed 

 Morris. I saw the doctor dressing his wounds. 

 The doctor's name was Mowatt. Two more 

 stretchers came, and Nolan's body was removed, 

 and also the 5th Dragoon man. Some months after- 

 wards I saw that Dr. Mowatt had received the V.C., 

 and the two men who carried the stretcher." 



Sir John Ewart also stated that while he and 

 Sir George Cathcart were together Lord Cardigan 

 rode up to them at a ivalk, and said, " I have lost 

 my brigade ". They did not know what he meant, 



