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killed in this enterprise, and captured 18 guns, 15 limbers, 7 ammuni- 
tion wagons, 2 officers and 168 gunners, 230 men of other corps, 
and 157 horses. Truly, gentlemen, a noble prize for 3 squadrons !! and 
gained, let us remember, by guns being made to co-operate sym- 
pathetically with the cavalry (applause). 
But that such genial co-operation will be secured by lectures or dis- 
cussions I do not however believe; I am exceedingly obliged to you, 
gentlemen, for the patience with which you have listened to me to-day, 
but I do not for a moment flatter myself that I have by any feeble words 
of mine advanced the object which I am sure every one in this theatre 
has at heart. Neither lectures, nor text-books, nor maxims, nor 
formularies, nor examinations will ever replace practical work together 
in the field (prolonged applause). ‘There is no royal road to efficiency, 
no way to perfection save one, and that is the more difficult path which 
is smoothed by hard work, by frequent practice, and by personal experi- 
ence of one another’s needs. 
That is what we must strive somehow to arrive at, and there is no use 
in blinking the fact that to ensure co-operation we must have frequent 
drill together, and that we can never hope to attain the one if we neglect 
the other (loud applause). 
DISCUSSION. 
Tue CHarrman—l should like to say that I have had great pleasure in being 
here and seeing you all to-night, and I may perhaps say now in case I might forget it 
if I get too deeply interested, that Iam very much obliged to you for having elected 
me an honorary member of this Institution two or three years ago. I assure you 
that it is a compliment which I appreciate immensely, for a reason which I will 
tell you presently. I do not want now to speak more than I can help; per- 
haps you will think it is rather cowardly of me, but one reason for my not being 
ready to speak is that I feel there are so many officers present who know more 
about the subject than I do, and at all events I have a good excuse in a bad throat ; 
but I will ask the lecturer presently if he will tell us exactly what his authority 
was about the artillery not having helped the heavy brigade of English cavalry in 
attacking that mass at Balaclava ; because Hamley says distinctly that the rear of 
the column was hit by shell before our cavalry got near it, and the rear had begun 
to waver. Kinglake says that very distinctly too, and I think that Dr. Russell who 
saw it says the same, but I am not certain about that. 
But what will interest gentlemen of the regiment more is this. I was talking 
on this subject last November to Sir Robert Biddulph and he told me that he was 
in action firing on the Russian column before our heavies charged. I asked him 
how many were hit, and he said he certainly saw eleven or twelve shot strike the 
Russian mass before our cavalry got near them; and he said “I ran to a No. 1 of 
my sub-division because I saw that he would drop the shot, as I thought, into 
the right-hand squadron of the Inniskillings.”” It is not a matter of much im- 
portance except to artillerymen, to whom it is always interesting to know these 
things. There you have an artilleryman who was present, and he says that he was 
afraid he had an Inniskilling down—but the shot went very close to him, without 
1 Strength about 400 sabres. 
