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The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava may refer to:

  • An event during the Battle of Balaclava
  • The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava (poem) by Lord Alfred Tennyson
  • Charge of the Heavy Brigade (painting), work by Godfrey Douglas Giles
  • The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava by William Simpson (Scottish artist)

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Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava

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The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava may refer to: An event during the Battle of Balaclava The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava (poem)...

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Charge of the Light Brigade

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The Charge of the Light Brigade was a military action undertaken by British light cavalry against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the...

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Battle of Balaclava

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The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), an Allied attempt to capture...

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Heavy Brigade

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James York Scarlett at the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. The Brigade of 800 horsemen made a charge against Russian cavalry. The Russian force was...

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Flashman at the Charge

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Scarlett - Commander of the Heavy Cavalry Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. Tsar Nicholas I - Flashman overhears him discussing The Great Game with Ignatiev...

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Louis Nolan

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in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. Born to a infantry officer and minor official and his wife, Nolan was educated at the Austrian...

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William Charles Forrest

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in the Crimean War and took part in the Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava. He was appointed CB in the 1875 Birthday Honours. He was given the colonelcy...

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James Yorke Scarlett

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and hero of the Crimean War who led the Charge of the Heavy Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854. The second son of the 1st Baron...

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5th Dragoon Guards

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fought in the October 1854 Battle of Balaclava. The Charge of the Heavy Brigade was a famous action but casualties were relatively light; the Brigade as a...

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Royal Scots Greys

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p. 303–304. Almack 1908, pp. 75–76. John Sweetman, Balaclava 1854: The Charge of the Light Brigade (Osprey Campaign Series, vol. 6), (London: Reeds Books...

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William Hartopp

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Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava in October 1854, during which he was severely wounded in the leg. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in December...

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17th Lancers

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Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854. The brigade drove through the Russian artillery before smashing straight into the Russian cavalry and...

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Charles Wooden

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Charles Wooden Date of Act of Bravery, 26th October 1854 For having, after the retreat of The Light Cavalry, at the Battle of Balaclava, been instrumental...

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Valley of Death

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Poland Valley of Death (Crimea), the site of the Charge of the Light Brigade in the 1854 Battle of Balaclava Valley of Death (Gettysburg), the 1863 Gettysburg...

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Royal Horse Guards

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Battle of Balaclava in October 1854. Sir Colin Campbell commanding the Highland Brigade, reinforced by Raglan's infantry, at 5 am had heard the Russian...

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Battle of Inkerman

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Home Hill, held by the Second Division. The Guards Brigade of the First Division (The Highland Brigade was guarding Balaclava), and the Fourth Division were...

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Light cavalry

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horses, as opposed to heavy cavalry, where the mounted riders (and sometimes the warhorses) were heavily armored. The purpose of light cavalry was primarily...

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Charge at Huj

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said; The Charge at Huj had it occurred in a minor war would have gone down to history like the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. In the Great...

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