![]() ![]() Written just six weeks later, Tennyson’s poem argues that the willingness of the cavalry to sacrifice themselves-without calling their orders into question-makes them heroes. “The Charge of the Light Brigade” celebrates an act of bravery and sacrifice-a suicidal cavalry charge during the Crimean war. When will their bravery be forgotten? The whole world admired their wild charge! We must respect their charge! And we must respect them, the brave six hundred men of the Light Brigade. That was all that was left of the six hundred riders who set out on the charge. They were showered with gunshots and artillery shells, and many of these heroes and their horses were killed- even though they had fought so well, even though they had ridden into the teeth of death and come back, back from Hell itself. There were cannons on their right, cannons on their left, cannons behind them- all of them firing loud blasts. Then the cavalrymen rode back-but not all six hundred of them. The Russian troops were dazed, cut into pieces, by their swords. The cavalrymen dove into the smoke from the guns. ![]() They charged an entire army-and the whole world watched in amazement and consternation. They stabbed the enemy soldiers firing the guns. They raised their swords in the air and their swords flashed in the light. The six hundred soldiers rode into Hell itself. The soldiers were showered with gunshots and artillery shells, but they rode boldly and well into the teeth of death. There were cannons on their right, cannons on their left, cannons in front- and they all fired loud blasts. So the six hundred members of the cavalry charged into the valley of Death. It wasn’t up to them to dispute their orders or to ask why they were given. Was any soldier discouraged or afraid? No-even though they all knew the charge was a mistake. “Light brigade advance!” the commander said. So the six hundred cavalrymen charged into the valley of Death. “Light Brigade, advance! Charge for the artillery” their commander said. The six hundred cavalrymen rode for a mile and a half into the valley of Death. ![]()
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