The Charge of the Light Brigade

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Summary: An illustrated history of the Charge of the Light Brigade
Review: I enjoy reading this book but the only good thing about it is the new information include it,if you want to understand what happen with The Light Brigade this is a book for you, with a great description of how everything started but if you already know something about you won't find nothing new.

It appears to be universally accepted by military historians that the disaster of the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava was due to Lucan and/or Cardigan mistaking the target that Raglan intended the cavalry to attack. There is a clear inference that had they attacked the Russians in and around the Turkish redoubts - which is what Raglan intended - then the disaster would have been avoided.

An illustrated history of the Charge of the Light Brigade, October, 1854. Illustrated with color plates, B&W photographs and contemporary illustrations.

The Organization, Formations and movements, uniforms and equipment of the Light and Cavalry Brigade and the general progress of the Crimean Campaign up to and including the Battle of Balaclava. The text is illustrated with a lot of photographs and drawings, many previously un-published, together with superb color plates.