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'The 17th Lancers. The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava', 1854, (1939). Artist: Unknown.

'The 17th Lancers. The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava', 1854, (1939). Battle at Balaklava, Crimean War, Russia, 25 October 1854, with lines of the cavalry advancing straight into a line of cannon fire. Lord Raglan gave the order for the disastrous British cavalry charge, immortalised in Tennyson's poem, in which the Light Brigade suffered 40% casualties. From Battles for the Flag, a set of cards given away with British boys' comic The Wizard. [D. C. Thomson & Co., Dundee, 1939].

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Title: 'The 17th Lancers. The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava', 1854, (1939). Artist: Unknown.

Caption: 'The 17th Lancers. The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava', 1854, (1939). Battle at Balaklava, Crimean War, Russia, 25 October 1854, with lines of the cavalry advancing straight into a line of cannon fire. Lord Raglan gave the order for the disastrous British cavalry charge, immortalised in Tennyson's poem, in which the Light Brigade suffered 40% casualties. From Battles for the Flag, a set of cards given away with British boys' comic The Wizard. [D. C. Thomson & Co., Dundee, 1939]

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Image size: 6372 × 4056 px | 73.9 MB

Print size: 53.9 × 34.3 cm | 2508.7 × 1596.9 in (300 dpi)

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