Do you think they were right to go to war? What does animation suggest about the role of England in the Crimean War? Then came the third line, formed of another regiment, which endeavouredto complete the duty assigned to our brigade.’ Those regiments proceeded, followed by the second line, consisting of two more regiments of cavalry, which continued to perform the duty of cutting down the Russian gunners. In the two regiments which I had the honour to lead, every officer, with one exception, was either killed or wounded, or had his horse shot under him or injured. We entered the battery – we went through the battery – the two leading regiments cutting down a great number of the Russian gunners in their onset.As we ascended the hill the oblique fire of the artillery poured upon our rear, so that we had thus a strong fire upon our front, our flank, and our rear.‘We advanced down a gradual descent ofmore than three-quarters of a mile, withthe batteries vomiting forth upon us shellsand shot, round and grape, with one batteryon our right flank and another on the left,and all the intermediate ground coveredwith the Russian riflemen so that when wecame to within a distance of fifty yardsfrom the mouths of the artillery which hadbeen hurling destruction upon us, we were,in fact, surrounded and encircled by a blazeof fire, in addition to the fire of the riflemenupon our flanks. The Charge is the best known example of the heroism and stupidity of war. The 600 horsemen gallantly obeyed but two thirds of the force were killed or wounded. Instead he told his men to charge the main Russian position, which was at the head of a valley bristling with artillery. The British cavalry commander mistook his orders to retake some guns held by the Russians. During this battle, the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade took place.In October the Russians attacked the British base at Balaclava. In September, the Allies landed in the Crimea, in southern Russia, and besieged Sebastopol.Britain and France feared Russia’s ambition to spread its power southwards as the Turkish Empire collapsed.The Charge of the Light Brigade By Alfred Tennyson
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