Charge of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of the Balaclava by Brian Palmer. (P) BAT11 8 enemy aircraft and 35

8 enemy aircraft and 35 locomotives destroyed plus one minesweeper sunk

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Sir Thomas Fairfax (1612-71) Captain general of the Parliamentary New Model Army and his opponent Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-82) nephew of King Charles 1st and general of Royalist Horse

Charge of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of the Balaclava by Brian Palmer. (P) BAT11 8 enemy aircraft and 35DHM1414P. Charge of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of the Balaclava by Brian Palmer. After taking horrendous casualties during the infamous charge, the 17th lancers were the first to reach the Russian guns at the end of the Valley. From the 673 men who started the charge, 113 men were killed and many others wounded. The Light Brigade was made up of the 4th and 13th Light Dragoons, 8th and 11th Hussars and the 17th Lancers. A spectating French officer,