summary on the poem "the charge of the light Brigade "
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As the poem opens, the Light Brigade's leader commands hundreds of his soldiers to keep riding towards the lowlands until they reach and can seize Russian firearms. The troops are, as is mentioned three times in the first stanza, half a league away from finding their enemy's firearms. Unaware that one of their commanders has made a mistake, the soldiers calmly ride forward but as they reach the lowlands, the Light Brigade soldiers are attacked. As cannons sound, the English hold their swords high and fight on. In the smoky air caused by the cannons, the soldiers bravely fight on, managing to run their swords into the flesh of some of their Russian enemies. The soldiers soon find they cannot withstand the Russian cannons any longer, as their horses and friends lie wounded or lifeless on the ground, the surviving soldiers watch their enemies retreat, unaware that their Light Brigade will be remembered as glorious.
• The Charge of the Light Brigade was a charge of British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War.