Anniversary

[nq3x]

Inspired by hugh_mannity , who notes today is St Crispin's Day, I am compelled to note it is also the 156th anniversary of the famous Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.

Half a league, half a league,
  Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
  Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns

Comments

[hugh_mannity]

Ah yes, another example of the stunning brilliance of British military commanders. How we ever managed to maintain an empire, I do not know -- unless it was because our opponents were even more disorganised and short on smarts than we were.