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The
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
and
5th Dragoon Guards
engage the Russians in this
lithograph
of the "Charge of the Heavy Brigade", a short engagement during the
Battle of Balaclava
during the
Crimean War
. Russian cavalry had attacked the British camp, but in roughly ten minutes of fighting, they suffered 40 to 50 killed and more than 200 wounded and were forced to retreat.
Artist:
William Simpson
; Restoration:
NativeForeigner
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