The Light brigade was lost in the battle of balaclava in the crimean war because of the folly of either lord raglan, lord lucan, lord cardigen or captain nolan's in pointing and directing the light brigades charge
Because the Light Brigade consisted of five "light" cavalry regiments (battalions) including two each of light dragoons and hussars, and one of lancers. There was also a Heavy Brigade at the battle...
That depends. The 600+ British cavalry soldiers that charged the lines carried sabers and light infantry weapons. The Russian lines they charged and died against were armed with infantry weapons and...
"The Charge Of The Light Brigade" was based on a cavalry charge during the Crimean war on October 1854. This war took place in modern day Ukraine. This poem is about this battle. Alfred Tennyson...