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 IG THE FLANK MAKCII. CHAP, llaglan, or simply, ]xjrliaps, bewildered by the ' suddenness of tlic adventure, the Russians did r.cnus- not stretch out a hand to seize the crift which Kiaiis losing " their op- fortune was profFcriuLr. Minutes i)assed without bringing signs that the enemy's soldiery were moving into the wood ; and at length Chetwode's TheKngiish troop of liussars Came galloping up the lane in jiigiip. single fde, the officers of the Staff making room fur them by moving into the copse. Nor was this the only cavalry foice now at hand. It chanced that Lord Lucan, who had been marching through the forest a little lower down on the right, had sent Captain Wetherall to explore ; and, Wetherall coming back to him quickly with tidings of the emergency which had occurred, Lord Lucan hast- ened to bring his cavalry division into the lane, and some of his squadrons were there almost as soon as the escort. Lawrence's Rifles, too, were up, and swiftly pushing forward. None of the horsemen stopped at all in the lane, but all as they came, and in single file, gal- loped on into the road where the enemy had been seen. Loid Rag- Lord Lucan in person was with the horsemen toYord"" '' thus coming up. Naturally, Lord Raglan had been angered by finding that the cavalry was not in advance upon the main line of march; and when he saw the divisional General passing, he said to him, ' Lord Lucan, you are late i ' Lord lAican galloped on without answering.* Lord Lucan might have taken, if he had afterwards thought
 * The foregoing account (at p. 8) .shows the ground that