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Charge of the Light Brigade
- When
- 25 October 1854
- Where
- Balaclava
Lord Cardigan led the Light Brigade in a frontal assault against a well-prepared Russian artillery battery on 25 October 1854.
The Light Brigade mounted a frontal assault against a Russian artillery battery that was well-prepared with excellent fields of defensive fire. The hollow where this occurred was later dubbed 'The Valley of Death' by Tennyson in his narrative poem.
Sources
- Charge of the Light Brigade Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18
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