CO-OPERATION BETWEEN GUNS AND CAVALRY. 993 
Russian left. On the other flank the 4th Dragoon Guards, and the 
Royals were now no less vigorously pressing, while the 5th Dragoon 
Guards were storming in to the left rear of the Greys. What takes some 
time to tell was in reality but a matter of minutes, and soon the 
monstrous column was more or less disintegrated, and retired up the 
slope. 
And now Brandling at last got his chance. 
The moment he saw which way the tide of battle was setting he 
sprang forward, and even while a few red-coats were still tinging with 
colour the dull grey mass, he was at work. The column was so large 
that its very weight held it together and its rear and left rear could not 
be reached by ourswordsmen. It was not therefore completely scattered, 
but rather rolled itself sullenly back, and on the high ground behind 
the Russian officers were soon seen holding up their swords and rallying 
theirmen. Kinglake says that the troop of Horse Artillery now “fired a 
few rounds.” Gentlemen, I can tell you exactly what it fired. From the 
first position it fired five rounds per gun, and four per howitzer into the 
Russians, and from the échelon position twenty-one rounds more. The 
first range was about 800 yards, and the fire was most effective, not 
only morally, but physically. General Godman, who was adjutant to 
the 5th Dragoon Guards on that day, writes, “I well remember the 
troop of Horse Artillery firing into the retreating mass almost be- 
fore some of the red-coats were clear of them, and going over the 
ground next day I saw they did good work.” 
And from a Russian source testimony as to the effect of the shells has 
also reached me through the kindness of Colonel F'. A. Whinyates, whose 
loss to the regiment we still deplore, and who has devoted so much time 
and trouble to the history of the troop, which he commanded for ten 
years with such marked distinction (loud applause). 
The artillery fire effectually put an end to any chance of rallying 
which the Russians may have ever had, and they now quickly retired. 
A Russian driver and a pair of horses were found killed at this time by 
the explosion of a shell on the ground over which the great mass had 
moved, and this has given rise to the notion that there may have been 
some guns with our opponents. The driver may however have belonged 
to something else than a gun, and certainly no artillery worked with the 
cavalry on the Russian side. 
The troop now limbered up, went ahead again, then changed front 
to the right, and came under fire from some guns near No. 2 Redoubt. 
It then advanced by échelon of half batteries in the direction of 
some Russian squadrons which were pushed out against it. The left 
half troop came into action against these, and its fire was most effective, 
visibly so indeed, and compelled them quickly to withdraw. The heavy 
brigade were covering the troop three or four hundred yards in rear 
of it during this time. We cannot to-day, gentlemen, follow Brandling’s 
movements further, and his work with the heavy brigade now practically 
came to an end, but I hope I have said enough to show that he acted in 
a way in which we would wish gunners to act when assisting cavalry, 
that he utilized all the chances he got, that he showed himself quick, 
