Most of the survivors were back at the British lines by 12:00; the whole affair had lasted no more than 20 minutes. For those that returned there was a mixture of elation and anger, and questions as to what had happened to the Heavy Brigade. "And who I ask is answerable for all this?" wrote Troop Sergeant Major George Smith of the 11th Hussars. "… it was not unlike leaving the forlorn hope, after storming a town, to fight their own way out again instead of pushing on the supports. We cut their army completely in two, taking their principal battery, driving their cavalry far to the rear. What more could 670 men do?"Brighton, 2005, 187 But as they thought over what had occurred, the recriminations between Raglan, Lucan, and Cardigan had already begun.Hibbert: The Destruction of Lord Raglan, 183–84 The Russian casualties were 33 killed and wounded (3rd Don Battery)Russian Wikipedia on The Charge of the Light Brigade
