The plain of this battle was divided into two valleys by the Causeway Heights, occupied by a series of Turkish-held redoubts.
The plain of this battle was divided into two valleys by the Causeway Heights, occupied by a series of Turkish-held redoubts. The British Commander, Lord Raglan, was short of infantry, and so ordered a calvary charge to stop the  advancing Russians. The calvary brigade under Lord Cardigan advanced down one of the valleys, and while suffering  horrendous losses, demoralized the Russians with their display of bravery. Immortalized in the Tennyson poem, the  Charge of the Light Brigade, this was, FTP, what important battle of the Crimean War?
The plain of this battle was divided into two valleys by the Causeway Heights, occupied by a series of Turkish-held redoubts.
Battle of Balaklava