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The Charge of the Light Brigade is lambasted as one of the worst and most wasteful mistakes in military history. But WI it didnt occur, or was far more successful? Would that really affect the battle or the war?:confused:

I don't think it would affect the battle much, or the war (apart from butterflies). But we'd be out a truly excellent piece of poetry.
 
I would love to have the chance to actually SEE this...some hundred horsemen in full speed with their shining sabres, shouting old english curse words.
 
So all that fuss for nothing?

Pretty much. The Charge of the Light Brigade was simply a waste of men and horses. The only reason it seems so prominent is that Tennyson's poem commemorating the Charge of the Heavy Brigade wasn't as good.

Now the Heavy Brigade did some good work at Balaclava- Scarlett charged uphill and routed the Russian cavalry. And of course there's the Thin Red Line which, once again, proved that horses are useless against disciplined infantry.
 
I would love to have the chance to actually SEE this...some hundred horsemen in full speed with their shining sabres, shouting old english curse words.

Scittan! Fokken!

Alas, no one's spoken Old English since the 11th Century. These fellows would have been using Modern English just like us.
 
The major thing that happened because of the Charge was Britain abolished the Sale of Commissions, which was how the Light Brigade commander, Lord Cardigan, and the Cavalry Division commander, Lord Lucan, got to their positions, not because of their skill but because of their deep pockets.
 
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