"On the other hand, Lieutenant Jolliffe of the 15th Hussars said "It was then for the first time that I saw the Manchester troop of Yeomanry; they were scattered singly or in small groups over the greater part of the Field, literally hemmed up and powerless either to make an impression or to escape; in fact, they were in the power of those whom they were designed to overawe and it required only a glance to discover their helpless position, and the necessity of our being "brought to their rescue"" Further Jolliffe asserted that ".. nine out of ten of the sabre wounds were caused by the "Hussars" ... however, the far greater amount of injuries were from the pressure of the routed multitude.