And in the incredible debacle of the Light Brigade at remote Sebastopol, the inhumanity of mid-Victorian England was sharply illuminated. This last idea is the uncontroversial theme of Tony ...

In the fading evening light of March 15, 1938, my mother, father, and I were sitting in the living room, listening to the radio. Suddenly, the program was interrupted by a dramatic message—and ...

This is the essence of the light attack mission, a capability the U.S. military all but gave up two decades ago. Light attack aircraft are today in demand, but none fly for U.S. forces—yet.

"Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!" he said; Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. All the world wonder'd.

Taking as my example “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” I explore the uses to which this quintessentially topical poem was put in Frederick Douglass' Paper, where it was reprinted and mobilized in ...

This satirical account of wartime Victorian England elicits brilliant performances by John Gielgud and Vanessa Redgrave in a tale of the contrasts between aristocracy and the squalor of the lower ...

A Ukrainian brigade made up of thousands of soldiers trained in France and armed with French-supplied light battle tanks, ...

Into the Valley of Death rode the 600 as the story is told through Tennyson's poem. The Charge of the Light Brigade was a colossal error of mistaken orders, carried ...

A painting of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Richard Caton Woodville, 1894 The Charge of the Light Brigade was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and published in 1854. Tennyson uses a regular ...

Major Vickers is an officer at the 27th Lancers in India 1856. When the regiment is on maneuver, the barracks are attacked by Surat Khan and his soldiers who massacre British women and children.

Ahah, caught you that time; you probably thought the Light Brigade charged the Russians in the fated attack at Balaclava. Actually you're partly correct, but for the whole story we must go back ...

TESTAMENT: We're talking about 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson and 'Poppies' by Jane Weir. Victorian poet Tennyson wrote 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' in 1854 ...