Crimea – Battle of Balaclava Lord Raglan, British cavalry commander, sat high on a hill and watched the Russian soldiers withdrawing naval guns from the captured redoubts. His plan was that the action of the light brigade, the British light cavalry force, could force the Russians to abandon the cumbersome guns as they fled the swift cavalry riders. He sent out the order: “Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy, and try to prevent the enemy carrying aw

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