Charge Of The Light Brigade

October 25 1854 the charge of the light brigade is infamous as an act of bravery in the face all insurmountable odds.

Charge of the light brigade. In his own day he was said to be with queen victoria and prime minister william gladstone one of the three most famous living. 13 old style 1854 disastrous british cavalry charge against heavily defended russian troops at the battle of balaklava 1854 during the crimean war 1853 56. On the 25th october 1854 members of the british light cavalry led a charge by mistake into the heart of the russian imperial army. The charge of the light brigade half a league half a league.

Into the valley of death rode the six hundred writes alfred lord tennyson in his the charge of the light brigade a poem commemorating the hapless hopeless charge of 600 british light cavalry against russian troops on balaclava heights october 25 1864. Meanwhile the light brigade s exploits had already become legendary in britain thanks largely to alfred tennyson s poem the charge of the light brigade named poet laureate a few years. Under the misdirection of the incompetent lord cardigan the. The charge of the light brigade the order which came stated.

110 soldiers died in the charge 161 were injured and 475 horses killed. Lord raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front follow the enemy and try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns. Through a miscommunication of orders the light brigade of approximately 600 horsemen began a headlong charge into a treeless valley with the objective of capturing some russian field artillery at its end. The charge of the light brigade took place during a battle near the city of balaclava on october 25 1854.

The suicidal attack was made famous by alfred lord tennyson in his 1855 poem of the same. Charge of the light brigade oct. The charge was made by the light brigade of the british cavalry which consisted of the 4th and 13th light dragoons 17th lancers and the 8th and 11th hussars under the command of major general james brudenell 7th earl of cardigan also present that day was the heavy brigade commanded by major general james yorke scarlett who was a past commanding officer of the 5th dragoon guards. The light brigade together with the heavy brigade made up the cavalry division which was commanded by lieutenant general the earl of lucan.