![]() ![]() That were to be kept in cartridge boxes attached to the inner area of Troopers were issued tin "magazines" of percussion caps Gunpowder sealed up in a white-paper wrapper. 68-caliber,Ĥ83-grain round ball backed by a formidable 2 1/2 drams (68 grains) of The VictoriaĬarbine was undoubtedly a sturdy, rugged arm, but its musket-boreĬaliber was criticized as being excessive for an arm for mounted troops,Īnd recoil was severe. Stock was a long bar and ring for a carbine sling swivel. Opposite the lock on the other side of the Gun at the muzzle so it could be more efficiently loaded on horseback. It was fitted with a captive ramrod that was permanently attached to the Was 41% inches including a 26-inch barrel. The first version had aīack-action lock and sliding safety, but this was changed to a more The Victoria Pattern Carbine (named soĪfter the Queen) had been introduced in 1836 (though it didn't go Light dragoon and hussar "other ranks" (enlisted men)Ĭarried carbines and sabers. Wielded by troopers would be sabers and lances, some firearms were While the nature of the assault dictated that the primary weapons Suffered considerable losses, and replacements became harder and harder By the time of the charge, however, cholera,ĭysentery and other causes had whittled down the command toĪpproximately 660 officers and men. The Light Cavalry Brigade was made up of five regiments: the 8thĪnd 11th Hussars the 4th and 13th Light Dragoons and the 17th Lancers.Įach regiment was called upon to furnish two squadrons of 250 men for ![]() Tennyson memorialized, a glorious "blunder." Wherefores are still being debated today, but one thing that cannot beĭenied is the bravery and fortitude of the men involved. ![]() Sustaining a casualty rate of close to 50 percent. Which some 661 or 673 men (depending on who's doing the counting)Īpparently mistakenly charged Russian artillery emplacements head-on, Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854, in Its most sanguinary encounter was the sacrifice of the British Historians depict it as one of the most mismanaged and futile conflicts Sardinia on one side and Russia on the other. the Crimean War (1853-'56) wasįought on the Crimean Peninsula among Britain, France, Turkey and The most spectacular starring Errol Flynn in 1937 and the most accurateĭirected by Tony Richardson in 1968. Popular culture, there have been at least four films depicting theĪction in one way or another, the first being a British silent in 1928, Subsequently celebrated in song, story and drama. "), the event might have been nothing more thanĪnother grim footnote in a particularly grim war. Of the Light Brigade" ("Haifa league half a league, Half a Without Alfred, Lord Tennyson's famous poem "The Charge Last Stand," one particularly stands out in the public's mindĪs the symbol of martial incompetence-the "Charge of the Light THE HISTORY OF WARFARE is replete with military mistakes, disastersĪnd debacles, but with the possible exception of "Custer's
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