{"id":24467,"date":"2024-10-25T07:19:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T05:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/?p=24467"},"modified":"2024-10-25T07:32:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T05:32:04","slug":"the-charge-of-the-light-brigade-25-10-1854","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wehle.ee\/wp\/?p=24467","title":{"rendered":"The Charge of the Light Brigade, 25.10.1854 <img class=\"alignnone\" style=\"max-height: 1.1em; position: relative; top: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg\" alt=\"\" \/>"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alfred_Lord_Tennyson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50%\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alfred_Lord_Tennyson.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alfred_Lord_Tennyson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alfred_Lord_Tennyson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alfred_Lord_Tennyson-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>Half a league, half a league,<br \/>\nHalf a league onward,<br \/>\nAll in the valley of Death<br \/>\nRode the six hundred.<br \/>\n&#8222;Forward, the Light Brigade!<br \/>\nCharge for the guns!&#8220; he said:<br \/>\nInto the valley of Death<br \/>\nRode the six hundred.<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;Forward, the Light Brigade!&#8220;<br \/>\nWas there a man dismay\u2019d?<br \/>\nNot tho\u2019 the soldier knew<br \/>\nSome one had blunder\u2019d:<br \/>\nTheirs not to make reply,<br \/>\nTheirs not to reason why,<br \/>\nTheirs but to do and die:<br \/>\nInto the valley of Death<br \/>\nRode the six hundred.<\/p>\n<p>Cannon to right of them,<br \/>\nCannon to left of them,<br \/>\nCannon in front of them<br \/>\nVolley\u2019d and thunder\u2019d;<br \/>\nStorm\u2019d at with shot and shell,<br \/>\nBoldly they rode and well,<br \/>\nInto the jaws of Death,<br \/>\nInto the mouth of Hell<br \/>\nRode the six hundred.<\/p>\n<p>Flash\u2019d all their sabres bare,<br \/>\nFlash\u2019d as they turn\u2019d in air<br \/>\nSabring the gunners there,<br \/>\nCharging an army, while<br \/>\nAll the world wonder\u2019d:<br \/>\nPlunged in the battery-smoke<br \/>\nRight thro\u2019 the line they broke;<br \/>\nCossack and Russian<br \/>\nReel\u2019d from the sabre-stroke<br \/>\nShatter\u2019d and sunder\u2019d.<br \/>\nThen they rode back, but not<br \/>\nNot the six hundred.<\/p>\n<p>Cannon to right of them,<br \/>\nCannon to left of them,<br \/>\nCannon behind them<br \/>\nVolley\u2019d and thunder\u2019d;<br \/>\nStorm\u2019d at with shot and shell,<br \/>\nWhile horse and hero fell,<br \/>\nThey that had fought so well<br \/>\nCame thro\u2019 the jaws of Death,<br \/>\nBack from the mouth of Hell,<br \/>\nAll that was left of them,<br \/>\nLeft of six hundred.<\/p>\n<p>When can their glory fade?<br \/>\nO the wild charge they made!<br \/>\nAll the world wonder\u2019d.<br \/>\nHonor the charge they made!<br \/>\nHonor the Light Brigade,<br \/>\nNoble six hundred!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2014Alfred, Lord Tennyson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. &#8222;Forward, the Light Brigade! 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