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The Charge of the Light Brigade

image: On 25 October 1854 the Battle of Balaklava (the Charge of the Light Brigade) took place during the Crimean War (1853-1856).

Place: On the southern Crimean coast in the Ukraine.

Combatants: British, French and Turkish troops against the Imperial Russian Army.

The battle was fought to protect Balaklava, the Black Sea supply port of the British, French, and Turkish forces in southern Crimea from the Russians.

Also on this day......

25 October 1881 : Picasso born

Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, was born on this day in Malaga, Spain.

25 October: St Crispin's Day

 

 


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