Charge of the Light Brigade

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cavalry charge event in the Crimean War military disaster

The Charge of the Light Brigade was a disastrous and famously heroic British cavalry assault during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, immortalized in Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem of the same name.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
The Charge of the Light Brigade	0	6
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1912 film)	0	1
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" (poem)	0	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cavalry charge → event in the Crimean War → military disaster →
associatedWith	British Army → cavalry warfare → military blunders → military heroism →
belligerent	Russian Empire → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
casualtiesAndLosses	high proportion of men and horses killed or wounded →
cause	misinterpreted order from Lord Raglan →
commander	George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan → James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan → Lord Raglan →
conflict	Crimean War →
country	United Kingdom →
culturalDepiction	Charge of the Light Brigade self-linksurface differs → surface form: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (poem)
date	25 October 1854 →
genreOfDepiction	war poetry →
hasPoeticMotto	"Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die" →
historicalPeriod	19th century →
immortalizedBy	Alfred, Lord Tennyson →
inspiredWork	Charge of the Light Brigade self-linksurface differs → surface form: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1912 film) "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1936 film) → "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1936 film) → surface form: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1968 film)
languageOfName	English →
legacy	example used in military history and leadership studies → symbol of courageous but futile sacrifice →
location	near Balaclava, Crimea →
militaryUnit	11th Hussars → 13th Light Dragoons → 17th Lancers → 4th Light Dragoons → 8th Hussars → British Light Brigade →
notableFor	heavy British casualties → heroic but futile cavalry assault → miscommunication of orders →
objective	to prevent Russians removing captured guns →
opponentForce	Russian artillery → Russian cavalry → Russian infantry →
partOf	Battle of Balaclava →
result	Russian tactical victory →
strength	about 670 British cavalry →
theatreOfWar	Crimea → surface form: Crimean Peninsula

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charge of the Light Brigade → culturalDepiction → Charge of the Light Brigade self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (poem)

Crimean War → hasPart → Charge of the Light Brigade →

Battle of Balaclava → inspiredWork → Charge of the Light Brigade →

this entity surface form: The Charge of the Light Brigade

Charge of the Light Brigade → inspiredWork → Charge of the Light Brigade self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1912 film)

Crimean War → knownFor → Charge of the Light Brigade →

Battle of Balaclava → notableEvent → Charge of the Light Brigade →

Lord Raglan → notableEvent → Charge of the Light Brigade →

Alfred, Lord Tennyson → notableWork → Charge of the Light Brigade →

this entity surface form: The Charge of the Light Brigade

Errol Flynn → notableWork → Charge of the Light Brigade →

this entity surface form: The Charge of the Light Brigade

Henry Blanke → notableWork → Charge of the Light Brigade →

this entity surface form: The Charge of the Light Brigade

Olivia de Havilland → notableWork → Charge of the Light Brigade →

this entity surface form: The Charge of the Light Brigade

Sol Polito → workedOn → Charge of the Light Brigade →

this entity surface form: The Charge of the Light Brigade

William Howard Russell → wroteAbout → Charge of the Light Brigade →