The Third Division was under Sir Richard England, with Brigadiers Campbell and Eyre, 1st, 38th, 5oth ; 4th, 28th, 44th regiments ; with two field batteries.
The Fourth Division was at first incomplete, its 46th and 57th regiments being still en route. It was under Sir George Cathcart, having the 2Oth, 2ist, 63d, 68th
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regiments, and the first battalion of the Rifle Brigade ; with one field battery.
The Light Division was commanded by Sir George Brown, with the ^th, 23d, and 33d, under General Codrington ; and the I9th, 7/th, and 88th, under General Buller; also the second battalion of the Rifle Brigade ; with one troop of horse artillery, and one field battery.
The Light Brigade of cavalry, under Lord Cardigan, included the 4th and I3th Light Dragoons, the 8th and nth Hussars, and the I7th Lancers ; with one troop of horse artillery.
Lord Raglan, Commander of the English Army, was sixty-six years old. He had served on Welington's staff, and lost his arm at Waterloo. Since those days his sole military experience had been in the office of Military Secretary at the Horse Guards. He was so far well acquainted with military business, but he had never held any command, and while no opportunity had been afforded to him of directing troops in war, his life, for forty years, had been no adequate preparation for it. But he was a courteous, dignified, and amiable man, and his qualities and rank were such as might well be of advantage in preserving relations with our Allies.
Sir George Brown had distinguished himself in the Peninsula as an officer of the famous Light Division — the reason, perhaps, for now giving him the command of it — and had been severely wounded at Bladensburg ; since when his military life, like his chiefs, had been passed chiefly in office work. He had held many
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posts, including that of Adjutant-General at the Horse Guards.
Sir De Lacy Evans had a brilliant record from the Peninsular, American, and Waterloo campaigns, and had been Commander of the British Legion in Spain in two very honourable campaigns and many battles.
Sir George Cathcart had in his youth, as aide-de-camp to his father, British Commissioner with the Russian Army, been present at the chief battles in 1813. He was also on Wellington's staff at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. He was favourably known as the writer of commentaries on the campaign^ of 1812 and 1813 in Russia and Germany; he had commanded various regiments of cavalry and infantry; and, as Governor of the Cape, had recently conducted successful campaigns against the Kaffirs and the Basutos. On these grounds, his reputation stood so high that a "dormant commission" had been given to him, entitling him to command the army in case Lord Raglan should cease to do so.
Of the Brigadier-Generals the best known was Sir Colin Campbell, who had established a great reputation as a commander of large forces in our Indian wars, after very honourable service in the Peninsula.
Most of the French generals had seen much active service in Algeria. St Arnaud was a gallant man, experienced in the warfare suited to that country, but frothy and vainglorious in a notable degree — and much too anxious to represent himself as taking the chief part to be a comfortable ally.
Though part of the English army had seen service
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