![]() We know that majority of the light brigade was wiped out and the attack was deemed unsuccessful, yet Tennyson portrays the light brigade as successful and of breaking the Russian line. The Russian line they broke Then they rode back, but not. Another example of glorifying the event and the results of it is this quote "Plunged in the battery-smoke. Ignoring the blatantly stupid error of judgement by the commander of the light brigade and of the error in giving orders in the British army, the event is still glorified for the “heroism” that the soldiers portrayed. Honour the charge they made! Honour the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred!” (Tennyson), we see how Tennyson is glorifying the actions of the light brigade and of the war in Crimea. In this quote from the poem, “when can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made! All the world wonder’d. The Charge of the Light Brigade poem commemorates, idolizes, and glorifies the actions of the soldiers and Lord Cardigan. This blunder with an order that led many British soldiers to their death, along with the unquestioned following of this order by the entire Brigade, is commonly viewed as an example of one of the most heroic and disastrous events of military conquest in the history of Great Britain. ![]() Not only did he never stop to question the absurd order and chose to charge defenselessly at the Russian line, but his men also did not question the order and followed him into a blaze of heavy artillery fire that was rained down upon them. When the order reached Lord James Cardigan, leading commander of the British light brigade, he followed it without question and led his men to certain death. When the order was given by higher-ups, the information was passed down incorrectly by the chain-of-command and was misinterpreted. The charge of the British light brigade happened because of a miscommunication of an order. They dealt with massive deaths due to disease, which happened from a combination of lack of supplies, bad living conditions, lack of nutritional food, and lack of necessary clothing and protection from the elements. Throughout the war, both sides had an issue with giving correct commands and conducting the war. The poem refers to the infamous battle of Balaclava, where virtually the entire British light brigade calvary was killed while charging directly at the Russian line and defensives that were waiting, ready with heavy artillery. The poem was inspired by the Crimean war, which Great Britain and France were heavily involved in against Russia. The Charge of the Light Brigade is a poem written by Lord Alfred Tennyson on December 2, 1854, and published December 9, 1854. ![]()
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