Charge Of The Light Brigade

	caption	''Charge of the Light Brigade'', Painting by Richard Caton Woodville (1825-1855)
	conflict	Charge of the Light Brigade (part of the Battle Of Balaclava )
	partof	Crimean War
	date	October 25 , 1854
	place	Balaklava , Russia ( Balaklava , Ukraine )
	result	Blundered charge
	combatant1	Light Brigade ( British Empire )
	combatant2	Russian Empire
	commander1	Lord Cardigan (subordinate to Earl Of Lucan )
	commander2	Pavel Liprandi
	strength1	673 cavalrymen
	strength2	20 battalions of infantry, 50 pieces of artillery, unknown cavalry http://wwwamazoncom/Hell-Riders-Story-Charge-Brigade/dp/0805077227
	casualties1	118 men killed, 127 wounded
	casualties2	Unknown but presumably heavy, large number of Russians were routed, including cavalryhttp://wwwamazoncom/Hell-Riders-Story-Charge-Brigade/dp/0805077227

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	military history of the united kingdom

	crimean war

	conflicts in 1854

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