Show charge of the light brigade the charge of the light cavalry at the battle of balaklava in 1854 during the crimean war and celebrated in Tenny sons great poem the charge ot of the light brigade was one of the most noted military fictions actions ot of modern times it was the result of a serious blunder on the part of the british commander A large force of russians more or less disorganized by the british heavy cavalry was attacked by the light brigade under tord lord cardigan the russians had reformed on t their heir own ground and of the of tile the british force only returned to their own lines i after aft r the failure of the charge tt it I 1 ro r in tills same action that th ur itry was wag first termed a aln biti hiie |