Letters written in the days after doomed mission of Charge of the Light Brigade reveal troops thought orders were 'perfect madness' but describe bravery of horsemen

A new collection of letters, many written just hours after the notorious military blunder, reveal how ordinary soldiers could tell immediately how fatal the bloody charge in Crimea in 1854 would be.

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