Heavy Brigade

The Heavy Brigade was a British heavy cavalry unit commanded by General Sir James York Scarlett at the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.

The Brigade of 800 horsemen made a charge against Russian cavalry.

The Russian force was in retreat and had halted.

Although the Heavy Brigade's uphill charge was at no more than a trot, it put the much larger Russian force, of around 3,000, into disorder.

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