Chuck Bryant

So he's got a great view of the battlefield.

The guys down there don't have any kind of view at all.

So the orders are going to be getting maybe a little bit confusing because they can't really see what's going on like Raglan can.

he's also pretty far away, so it takes 20 minutes to get, even with the light horse brigade, or the light runner, who we'll meet in a minute too, who hates everybody that's involved here, as it turns out.

It takes him about 20 minutes to get there and deliver an order, and presumably a little bit of time to sort of suss that out, and then another 20 minutes to come back.

So it's probably like 40 minutes to an hour for this whole exchange of information to take place.

And what Raglan is trying to do is trying to stop the enemy from taking away these heavy guns that they had captured at that Causeway Heights battle.

Right.

And so he sends the following order.

Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy, and try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns.

Troop horse artillery may accompany.

French cavalry is on your left.

Immediate.

Yeah, I mean, you mentioned being able to pay for a position.

That's what both of these guys did.

They paid for this position of leading these men.

They were both wealthy gentlemen.

I believe Brudinel, the Earl of Cardigan, was described at one point as brave, handsome, bad-tempered, and brainless.

And these guys were brothers-in-law who hated each other's guts.

So Cardigan was a subordinate to Lucan and didn't like being under his command.