CHURCHILL, Winston S. Typed letter signed ("Winston S. Churchill"), as Prime Minister, to Francis A. Nolan, London, 30 May 1954. 1 page, 4to, Prime Minister's stationery, punch hole top left corner .
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Typed letter signed ("Winston S. Churchill"), as Prime Minister, to Francis A. Nolan, London, 30 May 1954. 1 page, 4to, Prime Minister's stationery, punch hole top left corner . THE GLORY OF THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE "HAS LONG SHONE PROUDLY UPON THE BRITISH ARMY" Churchill promises not to get involved in a historical controversy over the Charge of the Light Brigade at the upcoming 4th Hussars Dinner. "I have not studied...those dramatic episodes...in sufficient detail to pronounce" upon it, he says, adding "I never thought that Captain Nolan's honour or military integrity was in any way impugned." He draws Francis Nolan's attention to the recently published The Reason Why , and ends by saying "I am sure the Charge of the Light Brigade could never be considered as a 'ghastly tragedy' for its glory has long shone upon the British Army." Captain Louis Edward Nolan played a crucial and controversial role in the fateful charge. He delivered the order to retrieve the British cannon that were being taken away by Russian troops. The Earl of Cardigan then led the charge of some 700 men, but he could not see the departing Russian troops from his position in the field, and charged instead towards a heavily fortified position of Russian riflemen and artillery. All acounts agree that Nolan rode ahead of Cardigan, shouting and waiving, perhaps in an attempt to steer him towards the correct objective. A furious Cardigan thought Nolan was trying to steal the glory. Nolan was killed an instant later, along with half of the British attackers. Tennyson's poem fostered the notion of shining heroism to which Churchill here pays homage. But military historians have often taken a less poetic view of this tragic, misdirected charge.
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Typed letter signed ("Winston S. Churchill"), as Prime Minister, to Francis A. Nolan, London, 30 May 1954. 1 page, 4to, Prime Minister's stationery, punch hole top left corner .
CHURCHILL, Winston S. Typed letter signed ("Winston S. Churchill"), as Prime Minister, to Francis A. Nolan, London, 30 May 1954. 1 page, 4to, Prime Minister's stationery, punch hole top left corner . THE GLORY OF THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE "HAS LONG SHONE PROUDLY UPON THE BRITISH ARMY" Churchill promises not to get involved in a historical controversy over the Charge of the Light Brigade at the upcoming 4th Hussars Dinner. "I have not studied...those dramatic episodes...in sufficient detail to pronounce" upon it, he says, adding "I never thought that Captain Nolan's honour or military integrity was in any way impugned." He draws Francis Nolan's attention to the recently published The Reason Why , and ends by saying "I am sure the Charge of the Light Brigade could never be considered as a 'ghastly tragedy' for its glory has long shone upon the British Army." Captain Louis Edward Nolan played a crucial and controversial role in the fateful charge. He delivered the order to retrieve the British cannon that were being taken away by Russian troops. The Earl of Cardigan then led the charge of some 700 men, but he could not see the departing Russian troops from his position in the field, and charged instead towards a heavily fortified position of Russian riflemen and artillery. All acounts agree that Nolan rode ahead of Cardigan, shouting and waiving, perhaps in an attempt to steer him towards the correct objective. A furious Cardigan thought Nolan was trying to steal the glory. Nolan was killed an instant later, along with half of the British attackers. Tennyson's poem fostered the notion of shining heroism to which Churchill here pays homage. But military historians have often taken a less poetic view of this tragic, misdirected charge.
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