Mary Evans The Charge of the Light Brigade, Balaklava, Crimean War 1854 10219736

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Picture No	10219736
Date	October 1854
Description	The Charge of the Light Brigade, Balaklava, Crimean War 1854
Details	The Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava. A huge tactical blunder lead to the slaughter of hundreds of British cavalry men. Less than two hundred of the 673 men who rode into the 'valley of death' returned, most of them injured. The Charge of the Light Brigade was immortalised in a poem by Tennyson and was regarded by the Victorians as an example of superhuman heroism on the battlefield.
Source	The Illustrated London News. 18 November 1854, page 501. cover. By Robert Landells.
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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