![]() The scan was made available online by the University of Virginia. Tennysons poem, written 2 December and published on 9 December 1854, in The Examiner, praises the brigade (When can their glory fade O the wild charge they. Note: This poem, including punctuation, is reproduced from a scan of the poem written out by Tennyson in his own hand later, in 1864. III Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley’d and thunder’d Storm’d at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell Rode the six hundred. Memorializing Events in the Battle of Balaclava, October 25, 1854 The War was also noteworthy as an early example of the work of modern war correspondents. Many in the west best know of this war today because of Florence Nightingale, who trained and led nurses aiding the wounded during the war in a manner innovative for those times. On December 9, The Examiner prints Alfred Lord Tennysons poem The Charge of the Light Brigade, which commemorates the courage of 600 British soldiers. 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' ALFRED TENNYSON 1854 INTRODUCTION POEM SUMMARY THEMES HISTORICAL OVERVIEW CRITICAL OVERVIEW CRITICISM SOURCES INTRODUCTION. Russian control of the Dardanelles threatened British sea routes. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. The charge took place at the Battle of Balaclava, during Britain’s war with Russia in the Crimea in the mid 19th century. This poem was written to memorialize a suicidal charge by light cavalry over open terrain by British forces in the Battle of Balaclava (Ukraine) in the Crimean War (1854-56). 247 men of the 637 in the charge were killed or wounded. Britain entered the war, which was fought by Russia against Turkey, Britain and France, because Russia sought to control the Dardanelles. He clasps the crag with crooked hands Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringd with the azure world, he stands. The poem recounts an assault by a brigade of British cavalry under the command of Lord James Thomas Brudenell, Earl of Cardigan, which cost the lives of 113 men and injured 143 others.
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