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I know this is an old thread, but I came across it while trawling the site and thought it worth putting some things in perspective. A friend of mine is a big enthusiast of British cavalry, and acknowledged to be knowledgeable on the subject, and had this to say.....
After the charge the unit was still "tactical" as in was ready and able to go again.
By Napoleonic standards the casualties were acceptable.....
The result, that British Cavalry had supremacy for the rest of the campaign ( the Russians would not give battle to British Cavalry for the rest of the war) was one that Wellington would have given his eye teeth for!
The real problem was that the British Press hated Lord Cardigan!
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