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Facts

Also Known As Battle of Balaclava
Date October 25, 1854
Location Crimea • Ukraine
Participants France • Ottoman Empire • Russia • United Kingdom
Context Crimean War

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Battle of Balaklava
battle sites during the Crimean War (1853−56)
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battle sites during the Crimean War (1853−56)
Battle of Alma
September 20, 1854
Siege of Sevastopol
Siege of Sevastopol
October 17, 1854 - September 11, 1855
Battle of Balaklava
Battle of Balaklava
October 25, 1854
Battle of Balaklava
Charge of the Light Brigade
October 25, 1854

Key People

James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan
British general
George Charles Bingham, 3rd earl of Lucan
British soldier
FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
British field marshal

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