Few of them, however, reached it, for the Russian cavalry swooped down on them and nearly all were sabred as they ran.

As soon as the Russians obtained possession of the redoubt they turned its guns upon the British, and the 93d Highlanders who were drawn up in front of the entrance to the Balaklava valley, were forced to fall back.

Our cavalry, which were formed up in a slight dip of the ground, were invisible to the enemy.

As the Russians advanced, the Turks in the second redoubt fled towards the third, but the Russian cavalry were too quick for them, and but few escaped.

The guns were turned by the Russians upon the third redoubt, and, untaught by the fate of their comrades that it was safer to stand than to run, the Turks here also bolted, and ran for the town.