Charge of the Light Brigade
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Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854. During the battle of
Balaclava (25 October 1854) Lord
Raglan ordered Lord
Lucan to advance his cavalry to stop the Russians removing captured cannon from the Causeway Heights. Confusion led to Lucan mistakenly sending the Light Brigade to attack strong Russian positions at a different location, North valley. About one‐third of the 673–strong brigade, commanded by Lord
Cardigan, became casualties. Thanks partly to
Tennyson's poem, the action has become a symbol of military stupidity and blindly obedient courage.
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