Charge of the Light Brigade
“The North Valley above Balaclava, October 25, 1854. The 17th Lancers and 13th Light Dragoons gallop down a valley raked by Russian guns. Foreground shows Lord Cardigan in plumed shako leading sabres drawn; midground reveals horses falling and cannons firing from three sides; the smoke-shrouded Crimean hills swallow a regiment in one of cavalry's most pointless charges.”
