The Trooper auf RiR

Hallöle,
darauf wurde schon mal geantwortet. Hier noch mal der Text. Auch zu finden unter Alben und Sonstiges .
Der Text stammt, wie mein Vorgänger schon geschrieben hat, von einem Gedicht.

Der Song ist wahrscheinlich inspiriert vom Krim Krieg 1853-1856. Anbei eine Textpassage ,in der auch die Russian Guns genannt werden.

The Light Brigade were being kept in reserve, after the successful charge of the heavy brigade, but the slow advance of the British Infantry to take advantage of the heavy brigades success had given the Russian forces time to take away Artillery pieces from captured redoubts. Raglan, after seeing this ordered the light brigade "to advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy and try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns. This message taken by Captain Nolan, to Lord Lucan, the cavalry Commander.
One of the Officers of raglan's Staff, urged Lucan, who could only see the main Russian Artillery Position at the head of a valley. Lord Lucan rode over to Cardigan and ordered him to attack these guns. So the Light Brigade charged these Russian guns, and not the guns being taken away by Russian forces from the redoubts.
The Carnage was great, 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 General Pierre Bosquet proclaimed "It is magnificent but it is not war".
The Charge of the Light Brigade by Caton Woodville
The all time classic image of the disastrous Charge of the light Brigade which included the 17th lancers, who lead the charge. against the twelve Russian guns.
Lord Cardigan is shown on the left, dressed in his 11th Hussars uniform. The light Brigade reached the Russian guns only to be counter charged by the Russian Cossacks.
The light Brigade had 195 mounted survivors and 231 unhorsed, and 134 wounded with a total of 113 dead

Gruß
Jens
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