Charge of the Light Brigade
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The Charge of the Light Brigade was a military action undertaken by British light cavalry against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, resulting in many casualties to the
1855 engraving of the charge
Airey's written order for the advance
1894 painting of the battle
Timeline of the charge from Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the Light Brigade (2007)
Crimean War
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia from October 1853 to February 1856. Geopolitical causes of the war included th
Charge of the Light Brigade
…The Charge of the Light Brigade was a military action undertaken by British light cavalry against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, resulting in many casualties to the cavalry. On 25 October 1854, the Light Brigade, led by Lord Cardigan, mounted a frontal assault against a Russian…
Attack on the Malakoff, by William Simpson
The naval Battle of Navarino (1827), as depicted by Ambroise Louis Garneray.
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Russian siege of Varna in Ottoman-ruled Bulgaria, July–September 1828