The Charge of the Light Brigade
A timeline of the events that led to Britain's entry into the Crimean War with Russia, the siege of Sevastopol, and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854, which culminated in the valiant but nearly fatal calvary charge by the British Light Brigade against a Russian artillery battery in a narrow valley and caused the brigade's near-destruction due to poor judgment and hasty planning on the part of the incompetent British comma
Released: 1968-04-10