![]() Written and narrated by Terry Brighton, produced by Terry Brighton and Mick Holtby, this video has been viewed 90,000 times on YouTube. How many survivors Charge of the Light Brigade The stories of 21 survivors are in a new book, Balaclava Heroes Midlands Survivors of The Charge of the Light Brigade, written by Midland author Christopher Poole. Crimean War Battle of Balaklava The Battle of Balaklava took place during the Crimean War (1854-56) on 25 October 1854. This video features graphic scenes of the charge, quotes from survivors, and the 1890 recording of Alfred Tennyson reading his famous poem. What did the survivors of the Light Brigade report in their letters from the front Taken together, the multitude of accounts from the survivors of the Charge. It was like riding into the mouth of a volcano.’ It could overpower lighter cavalry or charge against infantry. The Heavy Brigade had larger, stronger horses. Horses and men dropped by scores every yard.’ Corporal Morley: The flame, the smoke, the roar, were in our faces. A previously unseen account of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade has been unearthed 162 years later to lay bare the chaos and carnage of the disastrous offensive. In battle it typically charged enemy troops who were disorganised or retreating. The 17th Lancers rode in the front line.Ĭorporal Nunnerley: ‘The men in my squadron were nearly all cut down, including a sergeant who had his head blown off’.’ Cornet Chadwick: ‘My horse was hit by a ball in the neck, which covered me with a shower of blood.’ Captain Morgan: ‘Our pace increased amidst the roundshot and shell, whistling and cracking overhead. In 1854 during the Crimean war, during a Russian attack on the British base at Balaklava, a misunderstood order led the Light Brigade to charge down the mile-long Valley of Death at a line of Russian cannons. ![]()
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