За чем припёрлись,то и огребли)!

Вот так с уродами и надо!

You'll take my life, but I'll take yours too You'll fire your musket, but I'll run you through So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand, there's no turning back The bugle sounds, the charge begins But on this battlefield, no one wins The smell of acrid smoke and horses' breath As I plunge on into certain death The horse, he sweats with fear, we break to run The mighty roar of the Russian guns And as we race towards the human wall The screams of pain as my comrades fall We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground And the Russians fire another round We get so near, yet so far away We won't live to fight another day We get so close, near enough to fight When a Russian gets me in his sights He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow A burst of rounds take my horse below And as I lay there gazing at the sky My body's numb and my throat is dry And as I lay forgotten and alone Without a tear, I draw my parting groan The Trooper Iron Maiden

I think the Napolionic era was a bit of an exception primarily due to Wellington at least understanding logistical considerations such as the need to feed the army. I agree that there will always be good people bubble to the top one way or another, but in a system of privilege, it is generally who you know, not what you know that dominates, as the saying goes.

Slava Ukraine!

We're a savage, brutal animal when we let the powerful and wealthy have total political control

More like, typical arrogance and incompetence of the ruling class of the time. Not a lot has changed with the Conservative government and the public school boys with their sense of entitlement to run the country.

If you want to watch one of the greatest cavalry charge I recommend a movie by Andrzej Wajda - POPIOŁY (ashes) battle of Somossiera with polish ulans.

"Uniform" of Russian artillerists shown in the film is even more frightening than the Charge itself. They look like an inhabitants of the bedlam or leprosorium. Real russian canoneer's uniform was quite different.

Meat attack

Typical Rupert's

Quand on voit ce que ça donne quand ils attaquent, on comprend mieux pourquoi ils passent la plupart de leurs guerres à fuir.

Selling the lack of skills as bravery. Must have a good publisher

Lords Raglen and Cardigan the glory days of knitted warfare

When a century and many wars later, an Italian cavalry unit charged* Russian guns, the unofficial warcy was "Let's show the Brits _how it's done!"_ (*: As in, _successfully_ charged)

I read that such was the ferocity of the British as they put the Russian gunners to the sword, that nearby Russian cavalry refused to charge them...

118 men died....

Dork in ugly beige suit!! Stop covering your face with embarrassment and shame!!! Get over your ego.

😅😅😅 bunch arseholes 😅😅😅

Amazing scene

Today its the the same upper class twits and braindead toffs, who, seeking self advancement and status, have led the UK into its current decline and desperate condition. Depressing really that they still have power to create catastrophe..

Another illustration of how the elite treat the common folk.

The British, as often was the the case, shouldn't have been there in the first place.

Wankers then, wankers now.

Waarschijnlijk deed Churchill mee en is alles zo anders verlopen zoals het zou moeten... als één groot misverstand, zoals normaal wanneer Churchill meedeed.

It has been posited that a personal dislike of the general for the leader of the cavalry was the reason for the order, to make sure Cardigan, the leader of the brigade, would die or at least be demoted. Others say it was a misreading of the order. Again others thought it was mere lunacy caused by the unmitigated confidence of the upperclass in the superiority of the English race.

So ironic - Nolan who brought the orders, realised that they were going the wrong way - then killed by the very first shot as he tried to change the direction.

Дурость

Und dabei hatten die Briten mal gezeigt das sie es besser können.

ALLAH SOUBNALLAH TALLAH ☝️🤲 A POUVOIR SUR TOUT D AILLEURS LEUR FIN. ARRIVE A C EST SBIRES VIVE LA PALESTINE

PD de généraux Anglais ! 😢

The Rohirrim fared better.

Si la brigade légère ne fut pas complètement détruite, ce fut grâce à la charge de deux régiments de cavalerie français ( chasseurs d'Afrique ) qui permit de dégager les survivants. Le fait est ici passé sous silence ...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I saw it at the time. One of the most brilliant british cinematic achievements of the Sixties.

Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Canons to the left of them Canons to the right of them Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd THE TROOOOOOOOOOOOPEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!

So wollte England, Frankreich und Türkei, Sewasterpol , den Russen wegnehmen.

A captain would never have spoken to a senior officer like that

here goes the last of the Brudenells .. loved that saying while watching this film as a child .. as a Brudenell myself we used to cheer as a family

Referring to the Charge of the Light Brigade, the French general, Pierre Bosquet muttered the memorable line: "C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie." ("It is magnificent, but it is not war: it is madness")

Looks very like modern russian tactics

it is not magnificent as others in the comments have suggested. It is pride, stubbornness and stupidity. Anyone lauding the idiocy of fools deserves to repeat their mistakes.

Атака легкої кавалерії... їх було 800

Harry Flashman coursed it.

0:38 I love that part xD IS IT, IS IT? IT IS!

These were the antecedents of the current UK administration and Civil Service.

There were a lot of "It's just a flesh wound..." jokes that day.

one of the worst films ever made

No matter the context this was men against men. Now the main target in warfare is civilians. Women and children. All honour is lost.

Déjà les anglais contre les russes,l’ukraine arrive

Where does Lord Lucan go between 1:37 and 12:14? He wasn't involved in the charge. Did he just go over to side and watch? These Lucans have a tendency to go missing at important times.