The bugle that sounded the catastrophic orders for the Charge of the Light Brigade has emerged on TV’s Antiques Roadshow.
The instrument was carried into the suicidal battle of the Crimea War in 1854 by Private William Brittain, Lord Cardigan’s duty trumpeter.
He took orders directly from Lord Cardigan, who led the cavalry, and blew on his bugle several times to signal the men to walk, canter, trot and charge at the Russian guns.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
All in the valley of Death "Forward, the Light Brigade! "Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Flash'd as they turn'd in air, Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre stroke Then they rode back, but not Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Storm'd at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came thro' the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, O the wild charge they made! Honor the charge they made, Honor the Light Brigade, |
Copied from Poems of Alfred Tennyson,
J. E. Tilton and Company, Boston, 1870
J. E. Tilton and Company, Boston, 1870
Wonder if that is still read in school? We had to memorize it. Tennyson was a must read back then.
ReplyDelete$100 to $1 that they don't.:)
ReplyDeleteWe didn't learn much from it or we wouldn't be in Afghanistan.
ReplyDeleteWe don't learn nuthin', Sir :)
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