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Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava on 25th October 1854 in the Crimean War Battle of Balaclava. Ryzhov‘s cavalry attacks over the Causeway Heights at approximately 09:15. Both branches of the attack happened almost simultaneously. Lord Raglan is utterly incompetent to lead an army through any arduous task. He is a […]

The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava by William Simpson (1855), illustrating the Light Brigade’s charge into the “Valley of Death” from the Russian perspective. The Timeline of the Charge taken from Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the Light Brigade (2007). To those coolly sitting on their horses with Lord Raglan on the Sapouné […]