The Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava, 25 October 1854, 19th century. Artist: William Simpson # 2489229

The Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava, 25 October 1854, 19th century. Artist: William Simpson

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The Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava, 25 October 1854, 19th century. Lord Raglan gave the order for the disastrous British cavalry charge, immortalised in Tennyson's poem, in which the Light Brigade suffered 40% casualties. Found in the collection of the State Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol 1854-1855, Sevastopol.