This is the complete order of battle of opposing forces at the Battle of Balaclava. The Allied Army consisted of British and French troops as well as

The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), an Allied attempt to capture

"The Charge of the Light Brigade", suggested by the coincidence that this day, 25 October, was the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Balaclava—and was not

army in the open with their normal line of battle such as the 'Thin Red Line' like that employed at Balaclava. Their advance would begin at first light

list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are

to the London Times, Oct. 25, 1854. Speaking of the 93rd Highlanders at Balaclava. Credit for authorship of "the thin red line" claimed by Russell in a

Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava of the Crimean War Half a league half a league Half a league onward All in the valley of Death

for the Winter sales. All got up with his camp bed, hot thermos, woolly balaclava, CND badge ... [laughter and applause] Waiting, waiting, waiting ... And

God of our fathers, known of old—   Lord of our far-flung battle-line— Beneath whose awful Hand we hold   Dominion over palm and pine— Lord God of Hosts

For the path of the dead.] Who: Phillip Twopenny Coward! Villain! Alas, that the hero of Balaclava should fall not on the glorified fields of Crimea, but