Stormd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. The verse is taken from Alfred, Lord Tennysons The Charge of the Light Brigade. The poem also referenced Some one had blunderd. What commander sent the six hundred to fight 12,000 Russians?
- Lord Harlech
- Major Richard Ormsby Gore
- Captain Jenyns
- Lord Cardigan
Answer
The correct answer is D) Lord Cardigan.
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