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Communications errors between four British Generals cost hundreds of soldiers their lives on a far away battlefield, but when the country’s Poet Laureate pens a tribute to the doomed ‘Charge of the Light Brigade,’ it becomes a mistake that will echo through the ages. And it still has something to teach us something about patriotism, changing technology and the importance of communication.
By Neil and David White4.5
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Communications errors between four British Generals cost hundreds of soldiers their lives on a far away battlefield, but when the country’s Poet Laureate pens a tribute to the doomed ‘Charge of the Light Brigade,’ it becomes a mistake that will echo through the ages. And it still has something to teach us something about patriotism, changing technology and the importance of communication.