nding
along the Woronzoff Road. As they marched on they left some troops in
the two western redoubts deserted by the Turks; and the naval officers
had to move down the hill a little way to allow them to pass on to
Number 4 redoubt, close to which General Cathcart halted his troops. As
he did so, a cloud of skirmishers were seen advancing along the causeway
towards the Russians in front of the Aratabia. Here the general
appeared to have made up his mind to remain, instead of advancing and
driving the Russians before him, as Jack thought he would do. Having
got clear of the English infantry, the naval officers again took up
their post on the top of the hill, whence they could look directly down
on the Heavy and Light Cavalry Brigades, near which they distinguished
Lord Lucan, the general commanding them.

"I wonder nothing is being done," exclaimed Jack at length; "if they
don't look sharp about it, those Russians will carry off the Turkish
guns in spite of them."

"Here comes an officer, at all events, from Lord Raglan, in hot haste;
he must be a first-rate horseman," exclaimed one of the naval officers,
"or he would break his neck coming down that steep hill."

As he spoke, he pointed to the side of the Chersonese, down which an
aide-de-camp was seen galloping at a speed on which few horsemen over
such ground would have ventured. Though every moment it seemed that his
horse must come down and crush him as it fell, he continued his course
in safety, and then came galloping up to Lord Lucan.

"He's saying something pretty strong, if we are to judge by his
gestures," observed Jack; "see, he is pointing with his sword up the
valley. No, it must be at the Russians on the causeway. He's ordering
the cavalry to do just what those infantry fellows ought to have done
long ago; and so they would have done it if they had had their will."

"I know that aide-de-camp," remarked one of the party; "he is Captain
Nolan, he belongs to General Airey's staff."

Directly afterwards Lord Lucan was seen addressing Lord Cardigan, who
immediately galloped forward towards where the light cavalry were drawn
up.

"See, the regiments of light cavalry are forming line; they are going to
attack the Russians near the redoubts, after all," exclaimed Jack. "The
heavy cavalry is preparing to support them; they will drive away the
Russians as chaff before the wind."

After this, few remarks were made by any of the group, so deeply
intere