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khalifah
03-13-2008, 11:40 PM
I tried looking through the forms for info on this, but I failed to find any.

So here it is, All I Know about this poem is that it regards some
?charge/battle? during the Crimean War.

(And Iron Maiden made the song "the Trooper" off of it.)

Here It is:

Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.


'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.


Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.


Flashed all their sabres bare,
Flashed as they turned in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wondered:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right through the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reeled from the sabre-stroke,
Shattered and sundered.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.


Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came through the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.


When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!
Hellfish
03-14-2008, 12:16 AM
It was stupid. Crimean War. Lord Haw-haw. Look it up.
Suicaine
03-14-2008, 01:26 AM
date was 1854(stupid how i remember that) took place in balaklava about 600 cavalry against a blooody huge number of ruski's, total **** up, over 100 died, over 100 wounded.

my knowledge on the subject is very limted, i remember this being an english assignment that took ages to do.

- Alex.
Toddy
03-14-2008, 01:40 AM
It's a fallacy anyway as there were 637 cavalry men, but it did not sound good enough for Tennyson so he made it 600...another hollyweird moment in history for the sake of a publication.
Hellfish
03-14-2008, 01:49 AM
He just rounded down. Poetic license and all that.
Toddy
03-14-2008, 01:55 AM
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred and thirty seven

Does not quite have the same ring to it hahahaha
hank
03-14-2008, 01:57 AM
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,

Here I am . . .
stuck in the middle again.

George Harrison plagiarized.

hank
Hellfish
03-14-2008, 01:57 AM
Flashman at the Charge.
loganinkosovo
03-14-2008, 02:32 AM
This might help a little.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj5bilCQEDU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4gTt6rptTU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBiUWQ5YLQ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXzCOlPHFmc
loganinkosovo
03-14-2008, 02:59 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMgCA9MVbmU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StRFHASVZC4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TZ1OUhGRS8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Bar4sIlRM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP-nUOspWtU
Theodore
03-16-2008, 10:34 PM
Interesting enough, I wrote an essay on this for my History 102 class about a week ago. The Light Brigade was sent into the "Valley of Death" which was occupied by several machine guns. Out of the 647 men/horses like 250 men lived.

Great poem.
el borracho
03-16-2008, 10:38 PM
The Light Brigade was sent into the "Valley of Death" which was occupied by several machine guns. Out of the 647 men/horses like 250 men lived.

Great poem.

Machine guns, eh?
Bombtrack
03-16-2008, 10:40 PM
Yup. Mag58's with the SF kits.

http://www.defence.gov.au/army/2_17RNSWR/main_files/MAG58-SFMG.jpg


The horror...
Lokos
03-17-2008, 09:32 AM
Out of the 647 men/horses like 250 men lived.

Out of 647 men, like 250 were killed or wounded. Let us know how you went on the essay...

Lokos
California Joe
03-17-2008, 10:35 AM
Interesting enough, I wrote an essay on this for my History 102 class about a week ago. The Light Brigade was sent into the "Valley of Death" which was occupied by several machine guns. Out of the 647 men/horses like 250 men lived.

Great poem.


If I was like your history teacher I'd like give you a D.
Beowulf
03-17-2008, 11:00 AM
If I was like your history teacher I'd like give you a D.

hahaha.....awesome.
wotsnext
03-17-2008, 06:20 PM
Here I am . . .
stuck in the middle again.

George Harrison plagiarized.

hank
Steelers Wheel p-)
WhiskeyTango7
03-24-2008, 06:32 PM
Interesting enough, I wrote an essay on this for my History 102 class about a week ago. The Light Brigade was sent into the "Valley of Death" which was occupied by several machine guns. Out of the 647 men/horses like 250 men lived.

Great poem.
I don't know what history class taught that machine guns was used in the Crimean War but you should have done more research on that. First of all the charge took place on Oct 25, 1854. The machine gun was not even invented yet and the first one that was even close to be calling a machine gun was the Gatling gun that was invented by Richard Gatling in 1861. The first real belt fed machine gun was invented by Hiram Maxim in 1881, better known as the Maxim gun.

Now if you can find this movie I highly recommend it. "The Charge of the Light Brigade" that was made in 1936. Although mostly fictional it includes perhaps the most realistic charge that has ever been put on film. During the filming of the charge at least 200 horses died in it and one rider when he fell on his sword. If you want to read about the film go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade_%281936_film%29